when you are young and naive,
your guardians will sit you down
and give you a speech about
how you can be anything you want to be.
they will look down at you with soft eyes
and say "anything you can dream, you can be"
and, you will believe it
because you are naive.

when you are a little older and a little less naive,
your guardians will sit beside you on the couch
and they'll say with hopeful eyes
"what classes will you pick?"
and they will give you a speech about
how you can be anything you want to be
and you will think for a moment before choosing.
and you will ignore how your guardians look away as you do
because you are naive.

when you are even older and even less naive,
your guardians will bring you out to dinner at your favorite place
and order your favorite food even though it is expensive
and they will look at you with nervous eyes as they ask
"what do you want to do with your life?"
and you will wait for the speech about
how you can be anything you want to be
but, it will never come
and you will stay silent for the rest of the night
because you are not naive.