Remembering Advice From My Youth
Sit up straight
shoulders back
don’t slouch
Lift your chin
hold your head high
don’t look down your nose at people
Speak up
enunciate
don’t mumble
Be assertive
make your voice heard
don’t be a B-I-T-C-H
Be powerful
believe in yourself
but know when to bend
Show your strength
be firm in your resolve
but do it gently
Take care of yourself
but sacrifice your needs
for those of others
You don’t need another person to take care of you,
to complete you, but yield
to the one you choose
Love, honor, cherish, obey…
wait? obey?!
What century is this?
Whose rules?
At what point am I no longer me
and simply servant
to you?
S.T. Marie 