Teen Ink

Aqua. posted this thread...

I am told to be proper
I am told to be poised
Graceful
And
Beautiful
 
I am told to not speak unless spoken to
I am told to always obey
I am told I have to be perfect
 
But when I look at myself
I don't see myself
I see a doll
 
A doll
with many other replicas
The exact same as me
 
I look in the mirror I see a refection that isn't me
 
I want to be beautiful but not starve
I want to go run in the garden but its not graceful
Nor poised
 
I want to talk even if I'm not spoken to
I want to do what I feel is right not to be told what is right
 
I want to fall in love not be forced to wed
I want to have a genuin smile
 
But I want to be free of these chains first
The chains of High standards
and
The chains of a fake smile
Poise
Grace
Beauty
And
Obediance