Restricted Poem by Antonio Liao

when i was a kid
they say it is restricted
for adults only

when i became an adult
they say
i must become a child

with all these
unexpected twists and turns
of my life
when i have become neither
a child
or an adult
a man or a woman at an age
where i can not really do
what i want

i say, i am so restricted
and it does not really matter

i am too old to think
i am too old to live

i am they say too young to die
and then when i said
i doubted everything

they tell me, and i like it really
that i am a wise man

of course, i do not understand
but as i am telling you
i like
from then on, just being
restricted