A girl of sixteen once asked me. 

"What is it like to be just surviving" 

At first, I didn't understand what she meant. 

'Surviving you say? I have not a clue'

But now I hear the echoing of her words loud and clear.

I am not living my life.

No.

I am merely acting the part of what I was

Born to do.  

Born to be an obedient girl. 

Born to be the submissive girl.

Born to carry the burdens the world has

Given to me.

Living is but a dream I yearn for.

Survinging is the purgatory I am indebt too.