Today I Don't Want To Be
Today I don’t want to be a wife
To cook and clean and iron
To satisfy you and make love even when I am tired to the bone
No, today I don’t want to talk and share and be there
Today I don’t want to be a mother
To mend bruised knees and blow a runny nose
To play pretend and make Play Doh shapes
No, today I don’t want to hug and kiss and cuddle
Today I don’t want to be a colleague
To make small talk and feign interest when you tell me how your weekend went
I don’t want to answer emails and phone calls and sign cheques
No, today I don’t want to work and type and plan
Today, I just want to be me.
Free.
To cook and clean and iron
To satisfy you and make love even when I am tired to the bone
No, today I don’t want to talk and share and be there
Today I don’t want to be a mother
To mend bruised knees and blow a runny nose
To play pretend and make Play Doh shapes
No, today I don’t want to hug and kiss and cuddle
Today I don’t want to be a colleague
To make small talk and feign interest when you tell me how your weekend went
I don’t want to answer emails and phone calls and sign cheques
No, today I don’t want to work and type and plan
Today, I just want to be me.
Free.
posted by hundred and one at 9:24 am
4 Comments:
I feel you. We keep being forced to wear masks in our daily lives to fit the image of what someone else wants us to be. I'm not as lyrically blessed as you so I will dub Gavin Degraw:
I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately
All I have to do is think of me and have peace of mind
I'm tired of looking 'round rooms wondering what I gotta do
Or who I'm supposed to be
I don't want to be anything other than me
amen to that.
oh yes.
but the problem, is when i strip away all those other identities what's left? now that's worrying!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one. Thanks for sharing the post.
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