Break Free Poem by AnnaLeigh Jones

Everything I'm living for
-Everything I'm dying for-
Is a picture that I have to paint,
but the canvas is inside its frame.
I'll break the glass and rip the cloth.
I'll paint with my blood because I've had enough
of being told how to stand on a music box.
You can't tell me who to be.

Everything I'm living for
-Everything I'm dying for-
is a song that we must compose,
but we can only use three notes.
I'll sing the songs playing in my heart.
We'll break the rules because that's who we are.
I won't crawl onto the music box.
Don't try to tell me who to be.
I'll break free.