She Wished Not To Be

Leaves rustle in the light breeze and

soft, sad music plays.

She sits in the grass

alone in a world so huge.

Her mind wandering to

thought.

Her thoughts run wild

like a frog- jumping

from one lily pad to the next.

She thinks of expectation and insecurity,

validation and perfectionism,

people-pleasing and maturity.

Everyone sees her as the

"good things" she

wishes not

to be.

Or, she really is everything

she wished not to be.