I am not Ophelia
I will not weep and plead
Will not clutch your shirt
And beg for your love and approval
I am not Ophelia
I will not regret who I've become
Will not give myself over to shame
For what I could not be for you
I am not Ophelia
I will not despise my existence
I will not love you so fully
That I cannot love myself
I am not Ophelia
I will not lie still and unresisting
Will not let myself sink
Under the burdens you have placed upon me
I am not Ophelia
I will not wilt under your glare
Will not fade away
Merely to give you more reason to grieve
I am not Ophelia
I will not let you mold me into her
Will not let you convince me
That her wretched fate is mine.
Author notes
i got an idea from a contest... if you don't know ophelia is hamlet's old lover from shakespeare who allowed her father and her lover's expectations of her to so overwhelm and silence her person that she committed suicide
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