For The Sake of Family

I have never experienced a family’s love,
Forced to live a life that was not mine,
From childhood, I was shaped and molded,
Yet left to feel like an old empty sign.

Sacrificing joy for the people around me,
An unrecognized, unrewarded, endless cost,
Always caring, giving, never receiving,
Sighs! My soul is weary, confused, and lost.

All my efforts in school went unnoticed,
Nothing I did was ever right,
Every word was filled with judgment,
Pushing me deeper into the hollow night.

The warmth of home was a distant dream,
One I always hoped for, but never knew,
My laughter stolen far too early,
And replaced with silence, cold and blue.

All of this was just for my family,
A family that has always been blind to my pain,
I gave my all, yet felt unloved, unwanted,
This is the love I had longed for, but it was all in vain.