Crush Your Own Dreams

My part to play

Is a small one

In my own life

But significant in others

To help them rise

To help them grow

To help them fulfil

Their dreams

Their goals

Their successes

While I stash mine away

In one corner

Never to be harnessed

Never to be considered

Never to be a bother to anyone

I sit here crying

Stamping on my own dreams

Letting everyone else

Make theirs come true instead

Duty

Responsibilities

Love

They hold themselves high

While I look down low

Focusing my eyes on the ground

So I don’t float

Don’t let my imagination soar

Don’t let my successes be seen

Quiet

Quietly achieve what I want

For nobody to see

For my own sanity

But I crave

I crave for validation

For a thumbs up

For a “good job!”

For a “wow!”

And yet nothing from them

Just from me

To myself

And for others

So they know they are loved

They know they are important

They know I want them to rise.

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