the American dream

I always wondered why little girls wanted to play house

Pretend to be a wife

Cook, clean, children

smiling and giggling all the while

I always enjoyed being the family pet

goofy and without care

I've insisted I'll never have kids

just be a family pet forever

around every corner someone says

"you'll change your mind"

small polite smiles and fire in their eyes

my standard response "doubt it"

until I met You

every idea for my future

knocked away by picket fences

I saw it all; I wanted it all

late nights changing diapers

arguing over school districts

buying our forever home

the family pet on the sofa

Our Life

I saw it; I felt it

yet in one mistake it was ripped

from my hands and heart

You stole those crisp with pickets

and I don’t know where to go