...And Then I Realized They Am I & I Am Them

Once they said “you must Dream”
To them I answered, “I’ll be a Queen”
They tsk’ed, shook their heads and snorted
As “I think not”, they all retorted.

Once they said, “you must Fly”
And I laughed, “I’ll touch the Sky”
To my face they then derided
And dragged me down to keep me grounded.

Once they said, “you must be Free”
And I determined to an Eagle be;
But then they caught and stifled me
‘Til wedged I was in the stranglehold of society.