She clings to strength and wears a smiling mask,
Yet inside, a fading shadow the world can't unmask.
"Why is my life burdened with such strife,"
She ponders in silence, questioning her very life.

Amid the delays she faces, she wonders in despair,
Why she, of all souls, must bear comparison's snare.
She knows the harm, the toll it takes indeed,
But sometimes, helpless, she succumbs to this heed.
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