I see your face and you don't approve,
of every choice I have made.
You would have made different choices, surely,
other debts you would have paid.
My life is not how you had planned it,
the detours have made you rear back.
I've fallen off the proverbial cliff more times than you can count,
I've stumbled and gotten off track.
I see your face and you don't approve,
you want to knock some sense into me.
But I am stubborn and willful but beautiful and delightful.
I have no guile you see.
I was predestined for magic,
I was born to sing.
I am full of audacity,
I was made for arduous things.
But I would not be held down.
My knees, they would not bow.
And so, I took flight, a bird flapping her wings,
Oh, to look at me now.
I see your face and you don't approve,
you're always telling me what I could be.
You want to mold me into a caricature,
a watered-down version of me.
I've never been enough for you,
for us, lightening never struck twice.
I've had to find my own way,
and let me tell you, it's been quite nice.
I see your face and you don't approve,
it's not the path you would have taken.
You take every opportunity, every breath,
to tell me that I am mistaken.
But actually, it is time to move on
I just can't do this dance anymore.
I'm tired of you stepping on my feet,
as we dance around this life floor.
I am forging my own way,
because I am completely done with your condemnation.
I cannot help your disappointment.
To live my own life has been a revelation.
I took the road less traveled,
and man, does it feel good and true.
But ah, I look up and see your face,
and you still don't approve.
So true. We all have someone in our lives like that and it's gratifying when all the broken rules and missteps line up to show us our perfect destiny. Thank you, Mackenzie.
"I took the road less traveled,
and man, does it feel good and true.
But ah, I look up and see your face,
and you still don't approve."
Felt this, friend. Thank you for sharing your heart with us ❤️