If you were told to
pipe down,
settle down,
quiet down,
And you learned to
tamp down,
shut down,
look down,
Isn’t it time to
step up,
stand up,
speak up?
You don’t have to
give up.
Just lift up
& look up.
Now is your time.
Awaken the authentic you.
Turn the page.
Be the author
& the character
in a story
worth telling.
I see you, Society,
Trying to seduce me
With your subtleties,
Telling me, selling me
How I should yearn
To do it your way,
The one way,
The right way.
Trying to distract me.
From my plan,
Put me on your program.
Say I’m free to choose,
But, there’s a right choice.
Consequences to actions,
Think about tomorrow.
You hold up examples,
Suckers to security.
I take my freedom seriously.
I’ll not march to a beat I can’t feel.
I dance to a tune you can’t hear.
Someday you’ll like saying my name
Under the banner “American Dream,”
Though we’ll both know
That wasn’t what you were selling.
I see you, Society,
Trying to seduce me.
Let the love in, lady, baby, little bit crazy pants.
All the men you loved before were
Mountains you climbed to get a better view.
When you could see further, you rose higher.
Don’t judge yourself for being at those depths.
Or determine that the men you meet up here
Resemble those who broke your heart yesterday.
They served as partners on your path.
And no, you weren’t lost.
You could not have arrived earlier.
The journey, with all its twists, was yours to make.
You set out to take each step that led you here.
Here, on higher ground, standing face-to-face
With a man who slayed a few dragons
And dealt with no-doubt duplicitous females
On his travels and tumbles to get to you.
Here’s a man—scared and brave, showering
You in his love, lady, baby, little bit crazy pants.
This enchanted chapter is yours.
Check out the view! This is where you dance.
Alice in Authorland 