Worthy

there are things holding me back _______________-_
_________________
hands pressed flat
_______________________to the skin of my chest
telling me that I’m worth something ________
__________
worthy of someone
__________not what i think.
what am i but a puppet?
i can’t____________________________________
think ____________________________
feel____________________
hear____________
say_____
___
whisper
for myself. ___
how can i be worth more than the threads and the fingertips
______________________________holding me up?