You’re breaking my heart: a poem

you’re breaking my heart

you’re waiting for the right time

the time is NOW!

(or is it soon?

or maybe never

you whisper, you don’t feel so clever),

stay small, stay quiet

(don’t want to cause a riot)

but there’s a riot inside you

you’re cross and you’re tired

and excited and nervous 

and really inspired

inspired and intimidated by the women you see

who smash it and nail and “live my best life”

and you’re feeling reduced to mama and wife

and you love being mama and you love being missus

but isn’t it time to shower those kisses

on your own silenced soul

on your own precious dreams

isn’t it time to break at the seams

and shout (even quietly):

I’m enough, I matter, I want to play bigger

my time is now, let’s go, pull that trigger!

I’m off, I’m ready, I’m ready to run, 

I’m ready to shine: watch me glow like the sun.