Love Poem: Our Lives
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Written by: Toshia Hall

Our Lives

We struggle to reach

Just what is out of reach

And yet we continue

To bleakly seek

 

We follow the used paths

Laid out before us

Don’t stray, for our

Wants we must suppress

 

You must do this

You must become this

This is who you are

Do not distress

 

You are not allowed

To have your own creeds

To have your own ideas

To have your own dreams

 

It is already planned

As what they see

Forget what you thought

Your life would be

 

You love to write

You love to draw

They are not the plan

They will not befall

 

Do not cry

Paste a smile

Do not mourn

Fake it all

 

Wait, I refuse

No longer shall I be

Your puppet to control

I’m meant to be free

 

No longer a caterpillar

But a young butterfly

I spread my wings wide

And soar the eternal sky

 

Floating on a zephyr

Dipping and diving

I face the world

As my true being

 

I chase my dreams

Like falling stars

I’m no longer bound

To here or far

 

I do as I please

What I was meant for

Pen for the word

Vessel for the sculpture