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Daughters you’ve painted.


She, the eldest, always the elder, Always everyone’s Shelter, She, the youngest, always the younger, Only allowed air in the lungs, Everyone sees a picture-perfect family, Yet no one sees the reality; that's the tragedy, Eldest never knew, How to hold the blue, Because she was busy, Filling others’ favorite hue, And youngest never knew, That she can choose, create her own true hue…
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