Taught to Please

Everyone told her, "Don't stray off the path"

but they did not understand

however, she was a good girl

Taught to please

She followed the path, every twist and turn

she kept up this act with a smile on her face

They must have caught her staring too long

"Don't stray off the path" they said

She hid her tears from sight and put on her fake smile 

She had been wearing it all her life

and continued on

They did not understand

when they looked off the path

they saw danger and enough to be satisfied

when she looked off the path

she saw adventure and beauty

The physical pain grew 

an ache in her chest

of the desire to stray off the path

but she was taught to please

maybe if she explained herself

she would be safe and visit every now and then

"Don't stray off the path" they repeated

The pain only intensified

She was thrown into depression

morning the life she never had

One day something clicked

she was taught to please

so she waited for her chance

she leaped off the path and never looked back

She knew what they were saying

She can already hear them

"She should not have strayed off the path"

"What a shame" They would say

She was taught to please

but it was time to find herself

and that she will never find on the path

She knew now that they wouldn't understand

and she knew now that she made the right choice

off the path she ran straight into herself

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

Sometime what we are taught is wrong.
"She was taught to please
but it was time to find herself
and that she will never find on the path"
The above lines are what everyone must learn. We decide our life and journey. Must break free of the locks and chain of make-up rules. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry. I liked this one.
Coyote