I am my family's greatest burden
As a complete manifestation of all their weaknesses and failures
I am the skeleton they try to hide in their closet
However, I fail to stay hidden
They try and stuff my back in,
But I beg for the chance to escape my cursed fate
It will not allow me to though
Forever I run
I train and practice for the greatest race
The race for my life
To own what never belonged to me
But rightfully should
Despite my work, it is all in vain
I am not strong enough to escape its clutching claws
It slides its fingers across my arms and legs as I run past
It can reach places within me that even I fear
It can weaken even my strongest pillars of faith
But I run past and through it
A smile flickers across my face
I begin to rejoice in my great achievement
It has me surrounded on all sides
I can run as fast and as far as I want
But it will forever be there
My shadow
My curse
My family's hidden burden
I retreat to the dark recesses of my closet
Where I rightfully belong
Out of the view of others
So that while I may be cursed
Maybe I can deny others the pain of looking upon my haggard face
Half-eaten and mauled by a monster that is never full
A gluttonous bastard
He keeps me alone as the sacrificial lamb