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I Want What You Don't MAG
October 12, 2016
I want to be
Unfettered,
Unrestricted,
From society's metal bars
Its perceptions
Of what I should do and don't do
Stronger than steel
And set deep in stone.
I want to be free.
Free to fight.
Free to find
Who I think I should be.
Want to be sugar,
Be Superman,
Be my teacher's favorite pet,
Lick up her words of praise,
Be thunder,
Be thorns.
I want you
To keep your advice
To yourself,
Because
I don't want
To hear it.
© Amber L., Carpinteria, CA
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This poem is based off of a "letter" that I wrote from a mother to her maturing daughter detailing what it means to be the perfect woman. This is the daughter's reply.