#findingmyvoice
I might as well go rogue
Tell you I’m 18 — nearly 19
But I sit in silence
Waiting on your decision
Your plans
Always yours
Claiming you know what’s best for me
And maybe you do
But I wish you’d listen
Listen to me
My plans
So we can build them together
After all
It’s my life
I’m the one who has to live it
Good or bad
Hopefully good
I’m young, yes
But not foolish
Not blind to what’s right in front of me
Still
I wish you’d listen
You love me
I know
That’s why you let me be — sometimes
But why regret it
When I’m trying to be better?
Maybe to you I’m slacking
But behind the curtains
I am trying
I know I am
I just wish you’d see it
And if you did
A simple “well done”
Would be enough
I want to speak
But I can’t
So I write
I bottle it up
Until I can’t breathe
Until I break
Alone
Of course — not in front of you
Sometimes I think
We’re birds of a feather
Too alike
Too different
Maybe it’s because I’m a girl
Maybe it’s something else
But it would be nice
To see eye to eye
Just once
Instead of you being right
And me left confused
Carrying plans I didn’t choose
Because one day
I’ll have to choose for myself
Time doesn’t pause
For anyone
So isn’t it better
You teach me
To think like you
Instead of sending me into the world
Used to silence
Used to being decided for
Without ever hearing
My voice
My vision
My path
Apr 14
Apr 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM UTC
When I speak with confidence
I hold my head up high
I look ‘em in the eye
When I speak with confidence
I no longer feel small
I am ten feet tall
When I speak with confidence
I stay calm and kind
I say what’s on my mind
When I speak with confidence
I stake my claim
And invite others to do the same
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Apr 24, 2025
Apr 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM UTC