I'm not waiting for your approval, <br />or your permission. <br />I don't want or need you to tell me <br />what I should do, <br />who to see or what I need to feel. <br />I'm waiting for you to see <br />that there's more to me <br />than what you want to perceive. <br /> <br />I feel like I don't have the freedom <br />to be who I am. <br />You have not the right to do this to me: <br />To burden and weigh me down <br />until I cannot breathe. <br />I am young, <br />I have much to look forward to, <br />and it just isn't right <br />that I must follow thee. <br /> <br />I got more to say, <br />but no one to share it with. <br />I am growing, <br />beyond this world that we live in <br />Hoping for independence <br />and security I seek. <br /> <br />You have not delve <br />or undertaken the task <br />of my search. <br />My soul is more complex <br />and has depth that is unexpected. <br /> <br />You have made me to feel like I do not appreciate, <br />or have gratitude for what you bring to the plate. <br />I feel misunderstood, <br />words misconstrued. <br /> <br />Do you not realize: <br /> I do not wait for your approval, <br />or your permission to be who I am? ? <br />I simply need you to accept <br />that I am the one to choose the path. <br /> <br />You have given me the greatest price of all: <br />birth but you must not expect <br />that I should live for you only. <br />I need MY life <br />and my happiness matters as well.<br /><br />Miss Tee<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/happiness-matters/
