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Sep 2016
All I really ask of this world is that I get to make some use
Of the choices I have made.
I have gotten my license with very specific intentions in mind.
I’d like to manage my trip to work
In a manner that’s just the slightest bit more simple.
I would like to see her
More easily than before
So that if after class
Or even after a long day of work
If I should say
I miss your smiling face honey,
I could then immediately remedy that
With an inquiry as to whether there was
Any chance that I might see that face
That beautiful face
that brings the light back to  
my tired eyes.

I would like to clear the water however

I am not asking the king
To bow down to me

I am not asking Caesar
To hand his palace to me

I just strive to spend time even though
With the one person
Out of all of those in the world
That softens my heart
And brings happiness to a day
That may have been otherwise burdened
By sadness and woe.
Too bad I'm not completely independent and autonomous.

I realize that just because I'm 18 and that I am "technically" an adult, I don't immediately get the ability to do whatever I **** well please. But why is it that I can use the car that I take to college to go seemingly everywhere but to see that person, my girlfriend, that makes me feel happier than anyone else could ever make me? It seems like they're looking for something to complain about now that I am giving them less and less to find fault in. One day things will change, but for now things are as they are... And that is out of my control.
Ryan Hoysan
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Ryan Hoysan  25/M/Bethlehem, Pa
(25/M/Bethlehem, Pa)   
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