Killed by Your Shadow

How was it that my love never measured up to yours

When my pain was weighed on a different scale

How were you so sure I'd fail?

I did everything I could to escape you

But I couldn't escape your shadow

I'd cover it with light

But it would always bleed through

It robs my dreams

And steals my identity

It whispers that I'm not you

I loved you but did you love me?

When you would hurt me like I was nothing?

My feelings treated as though they were shallow

My light always killed by your shadow

Our pain was never treated the same

The love I felt, you'd play it like a game

It soured in my mouth until it tasted like shame

You go on living as though my pain never existed

The war i waged inside was a place you never visited

I loved you but did you love me?

When your shadow was all I was meant to be?

My feelings treated as though they were shallow

My light always killed by your shadow

Who am I?

What's my identity?

Please tell me

Is this all I was meant to be?