Poets Pub 2019 Biggest Competition Ever - Vol Two

Me? (Dolphergirl) Wk - 8

Me?

I once thought I knew,

Who I was,

What I wanted,

How to be true to myself.

But now I realise,

And I understand,

You can never be free,

of societal norms.

I used to be brave,

I used to be free,

Now I hide inside,

And read all day.

Maybe I shouldn't care,

But it's hard not to,

When traditions and norms,

Are like chains binding me.

They bind my freedom,

Who I am,

So that I am truly me,

But who the want me to be.

I tried,

And I failed,

I tried to be free.

In the end.

I am who they want me to be.