Caged Hearts: Silent Sorrows

In youth, our lives were spared, Yet living felt as if we weren't there. "Don't wear that, don't do this," they'd say, Restrictions binding us day by day. "Good girls don't dare to be bold, Their worth defined by what they're told." Society judged, obedience the key, Potential partners won't choose a lively me. Opinions shaped by what people would think, Our dreams and ambitions on the brink. "Girls needn't strive, nor bother to learn, Their role: a wife and mother's concern." Dear mother, did you face this plight? If so, should you have silenced my light? Oh, father, what did you make me become? Look in my eyes, can you see happiness, or none? To you, our dear parents who raised us high, You thought you protected, but caged our sky. You believed you loved, guided us with might, But never asked if joy was within sight. Unhappy we are, but can't show our sorrow, For we won't disappoint, even in the morrow. So here's to you, job well done, we say, For we're obedient, yet unhappy, every day.