does your neck hurt
from always looking down on me,
knowing i’ll never be good enough
to carry a legacy?

does your neck hurt
from looking down on me
because i’ll never
be what you want me to be?

my neck hurts
from looking down on myself.
the weight of everything i’m carrying
is hurting me badly.
I can feel my spine cracking,
my bones ripping apart.
i can feel myself falling apart,
I was broken from the start.

© andrewmeyerpoetry