Put on right out of the womb, a crown was placed on her head 5 diamonds are placed to represent each burden Perfection Therapist Extra parent No remembrance of her childhood And giving when there's nothing left to give As the years go on, she will make mistakes Hers being the hardest to forgive She will take the pain and burdens of the ones who brought her into this world and others without a second of hesitation and still feel as if she is not enough She will me extraordinarily mature for her conquest asked of her But not nearly mature enough for what she wants She will put every person before her But when she does something for herself, she's called selfish and lazy She surrounds herself with books to take her to a place that expects nothing but the flip of a page Countless times, She will compare herself to others She will stay up late working on that paper to get extra points just to please her parents She will have impossible expectations to meet Do you know who she is? She's the eldest daughter She won't want to have kids for the fear of putting her oldest through the same pain But most of all, she won't get what she craves the most Unconditional love
If you've read my profile bio, you would know that I am the oldest of 5. It's hard. It's hard to be the oldest with so much on our shoulders that isn't our to carry. This poem expresses how I feel about it. And to all the oldest siblings- YOU ARE ENOUGH. AND I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!