LET ME BE

You dictate to me
as you want me to be,
you strap me down,
and then you frown
if I break free,
to be who I want to be!

Yes, I do not fit
I won’t stand or sit,
as you try to school,
dominate and rule
defining me to be!
what you desire to see.

How can you desire,
to light a specific fire
quelling other flames within me?
Oh, what expectation
and determination
to snuff out the me in me!

Deciding for me
to be or not to be!
how can you ever
make me want, what you prefer?

Copyright © by Crystal David John

(Published in my book titled 'Trails of Thought,' which is available on Amazon)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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