by Marla A Davis

Created on: July 02, 2008   Last Updated: May 21, 2011

Misled

give of yourself and obey
says he who wishes her
acceptance in the coming years
her ears are filled with the
promise of simple tutlege

one down many to go
bruising demands fall
like hailstones from
a mad storm yet
her time leaps forward

leaving her to wonder if
gifts of obedience have their merits
or if she misleads herself
as she goes from one to another
pleasing and amusing at her expense

until the day she walks away
in silence toward the light of day
leaving behind the implied
demands of obedience
and a gaping audience

as she takes in gulps of
fresh air under the clear blue
canopy of entitlement to
the caress of nature's
pleasures and choices

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