The Puppet, the Clone, the Copy

You feel like you are living in a shadow that never leaves you. It is the shadow of someone who decided your fate, who controlled your choices, who shaped your identity.

You never had a chance to discover yourself, to express yourself, to be yourself. You always had to follow the script, to play the role, to fit the mold. You always had to please someone, to avoid their wrath, to escape their guilt. You feel like you are not your own person, but a puppet, a clone, a copy. You feel like you are not living your life, but someone else's.

But you keep living in the shadow, the weight, the expectation.

Because you don't know how to break free. Because you don't know how to love yourself.