She chooses to BE

‘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!