You are so confined
by what you want them to think of you
So caught
in the invisible web they've spun
That you don't realize you're hurting people
You're hurting  souls
Just to prove that they should accept you

You are so consumed
by your quest to be better than the rest
that you don't see it
You don't see that you're forcing a  wedge
in between yourself and the person that supported you

And that person is drowning
in thoughts
in words
in blood
but you don't even notice
You don't even blink an eye
as your daughter drowns
right in front of you