Let me live
I don't want you to tell me
how to do my job.
I'm learning on my own to live my life.
Let me make my own decisions.
If I make a mistake,
it's no one's fault but my own.
I don't need you to control me.
I don't want you to change me for the best.
Nothing you push is for my own best interest;
it's all about you and
what you want from me.
I don't want you to sit on my shoulder
and whisper your suggestions in my ear.
I want to you to learn to be independent
and not feel as though I need to be saved
from this terrible thing you call reality.
I need you to back off
so I can breathe.
Offering to help me when there really is none needed
makes you feel closer to me -
makes you feel needed.
I understand this
but you are suffocating me.
Let me live and learn for myself
to gain the experience
so I can
somehow
someday
fly without you as my crutch.
I need to be free.