Once was a girl
that grew up in a family
Each present-day a birthday
Wholesome with love
She was a studious child
She was told to only to study
She was told to only play House
She was told to never look outside the home for love
And by age 22, she had a professional degree
Little did she and the world know
that it was just for Show-And-Tell
Families would ask for her hand in marriage
Mother-in-laws would ask her how her day was,
but would never listen
Suitors would ask about her hobbies,
but would never listen
Father-in-laws would sip the tea she brought,
but would never thank her
Nonetheless, she would smile kindly
with lustorfull coffee-brown eyes and a mouth that had never let coffee pass through them
All because she was told to never drink coffee as a child
You see, this family was quite liberal compared to others
Even though the mother had a elementary education and the father a university education
Things were different 3 scores ago
Destiny was already written before the child was born
No social movement except for the rich
Fortunately the father came from a rich background
The life he had before and after education always had one similarity:
to help others to the best of his ability
This motto was followed through even when the world was unfair to him and his family
Because he believed that as long as he was good, good would come to him
This naive, but promising spark of humanity helped hundreds of people around him
He believed his hard work would pay off in retirement
However darkness followed him
but it was put at bay by all the goodness he had done
for the countless of lives he had saved
Alas, the most important life could not be saved for he had been the one
to help destruct it unknowingly
At age 24, she left home holding a man’s hand
His hand was rough, but warm
So she kept holding it for another 21 years
At age 45, she has a fight with her oldest daughter in the master bedroom
It was her mother’s birthday
You see, this daughter was trying to celebrate
Her mother’s birthday
The birthday of a mother a world away
This mother was her best friend
The friend who told her to only play House
But this was also the friend who let her experience the world alone
so that she would come back stronger
Little did she know that her daughter was already strong enough to face the world,
but never strong enough to face herself
She curses her daughter to never achieve the things she wants
Devastated by the situation
She crashes back into bed, head beneath the covers
Wishing she could leave this life
Little did she know
her daughter wanted the same thing
Both born into a world
One young with a disorientated mind wishing to change the world
The other with a subdued mind wishing to live life
However both did not know themselves
and so could not achieve their wishes
So I tell them,
Know Thyself
for the world
will not help
you be yourself
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