I think you still look at me,
like you did when I was a kid --
Forever seeing me
as my younger, wilder self,

When you look at me, still,
All my childish ways were for nothing,
But, I see them as my "red pill"
transforming me into something --

I think you also still see me
lying in that coma.
Your dreams dashed for the ideal daughter's glee
You wished to live out your long-lost desires...

So you dressed me, did my hair
made me up like a daisy doll
lying there without sound to share,
I couldn't protest, I wore that knoll.

But, now --
Here I am,
With a voice less shallow
Yelling:  "I am not that kid anymore!"

So, how do you like that pill --
to swallow?