By the lake
She sat sobbing
Covered in sweat and dirt
She didn't regret what she'd done
Only that she hadn't done it sooner
She had been trapped
Unknowingly
For so long
And one day
She realized
This isn't life
I'm not living
She wanted to live
To breathe the air
The way real people did
So she ran
Until her lungs finally gave in
Till she couldn't breathe the city air
Until it was the woods
Where her happiness lied
Where she could hear the music playing
For her
She stopped listening to people
She stopped using the outline of life
That was given at birth
The rules she didn't want to follow
She knew then
She didn't have to follow them
Her body finally noticing the changes
The rules broken
Made others sad
But she
She was happy
Something she'd never been before
She thanked her mother
For showing her how much
She truly hated the rules
Then said goodbye
And never looked back
Until found sobbing lakeside
Where she saw all the other opportunities
She didn't take
But she didn't regret it
Because it made her happy
For so long
