‘Shhh...’you’re not supposed to do that they say
Yet again, she folds back her wings with dismay
Her heart belongs to the wind, her mind to the skies
Her feet stay on the ground, but her aims soar high
‘Good girls don’t cross the threshold of their house’ they say
‘Good girls sit at home, they never stray’
‘But my place is up there in the clouds’ she screams
While they refuse to listen as they step on her dreams
‘Shhhh…’ you’re not supposed to laugh that loud
Remember you’re a girl, you’re always watched by the crowd
Her soul yearns to chuckle, her heart wants to guffaw
But only in the mirror does she see the one who gets her awe
‘Don’t do this, don’t do that they say’
As she struggles to break the chains and find a way
‘But I want to be me’ she begs and cries
While they refuse to budge and spin more lies
‘Shhh…’ you’re not supposed to have an opinion
‘Why do you forget you’re place is in the kitchen?’
Her mind surges with ideas, her intellect refuses to die
So she refuses to give up and gives it another try
'Stay put in your place’ they command
But this time, she knows it has to end
‘This is my place. This is me’ she declares
Behind the tired eyes, her anger flares
‘Your walls can’t stop my wings, they were meant to be spread’
‘The threshold of this house don’t get to decide my dreams and their end’
‘For I am much bigger, much splendid and much glorious than you know’
‘Had you let go off your perceptions, you could see what I show’
So don’t stop me, my place is in the clouds
Where I stretch my wings, open my mind and laugh out loud
You can’t stop me from being who I’m meant to be
And I chose to be the wonderful woman that I am, fierce and free!
