The curse of Youngest Daughter
THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER "Every Eldest Daughter was the first lamb to the slaughter" ~ Taylor Swift I am not the Eldest Daughter. The opportunities, the responsibilities, the freedom, even the will to live has been in my hands since I was born. My rise and my downfall has been written by fate, as everyone keeps telling me, "You are meant for great things, and will have all the comforts" I have an eldest brother, his opportunities, reponsibilities, freedom, is in the hands of the world. For, the world decides his fate. He was the first lamb to the slaughter, but I, the youngest has been an helpless victim too. My hands raise to help, take the burden off the shoulders, carry it and balance with the world on the other; but they never reach. Lazziness, unwillingness to leave the comfort, guilt, irresponsibility, disappointment, sympathy seeker? The reason remains unknown. For, the freedom that I got, the freedom that I cannot accept. I feel the pain of the eldest, I fe...