Rather Be the Breeze

For years you tried fitting
into someone else’s expectations.

Just when you thought you were free of that shackle,
new thoughts came — new expectations,
new things you were supposed to be.

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And you start wondering:
is it really worth staying back in the shackle?

How I wish we could undo them.

Maybe be a flower that lasts only two hours,
rather than a flower caged in a shackle for years.

Maybe be a rainbow on a rainy day,
lasting only a few seconds,
rather than the rain or the sun,
that stays for hours.

Maybe be that breeze which gives you relief,
rather than the wind which destroys you.