Obedient was I
For it was the right way
Never complaining
Nor, did I have a choice
My heart's desire
Doused by status
So I obediently follow
While my hearts cries fall on deaf ears
Chained and hidden away
Only to be shown
For prides outbursts
Like a trophy on display
Children were an obligation
Housework was my life
Anything other than that
Was idle talk for dreams alone
Buttoned up
Flesh shown, a no-no
Only would it reveal
For you and you alone
Dreams I've had
Were like stars dimming
They were never to be fulfilled
As my future, became apparent in thy hands
As I look on today
Unlike me, they have freedom
To love whom they want
No one to forbid them
Their dreams and futures
Are theirs for the picking
No chains trapping them
Like you would a prisoner
If I only had their chances
I could be anything I want
My dreams belonging to me, alone
With these chains, rusting away to dust
