I am told to never conform
Be who you are
Be what you want.
Be am constantly being forced in the directions
others want me to go in.

I am told that love exists
It will happen one day
And it is beautiful.
But yet I see it no where.
Not in the people around me
who would rather be anywhere else but here.

I am told to work hard
to be known as a hard worker
to get jobs done.
But yet, everyone around me
wants me to pick up their slack
to do their work for them.

I am told the most important thing
I can become is
a mother.
I am not told to have a career
Or dreams aspirations goals
A life outside of the bubble it is now.

I am told to help everyone
be kind to everyone
politeness never went astray.
But no one is polite to me.
No one is kind to me.
No one offers me help.

I am told so many things
by so many people
to be this and that to be a model citizen.
I am told to ALWAYS respect others.
Even when there is nothing to be respected.
I am told to always be me.
But to never let it show.