Release Me Poem by Vanessa Kingsley

Release Me

Rating: 5.0


You say I can be anything and do anything
Then you turn around and confine my mind
Erase my thoughts
Shatter my dreams and make me blind
It's my fault, though, when I find it hard to succeed?
Somehow I'm not trying my hardest to be what I want to be.
I'm supposed to wait for instructions from you?
I'm supposed to do what you want me to do?
No.
I won't stand for it.
I'll keep thinking that there is no limit.
Because if you restrain my mind,
What is there left to think?
If you restrict my dreams,
What is there left to be?
If I follow in your footsteps
I'll lose all of me
Instead of asking what's wrong
Ask me what's right
And I'll explain it to you in the light of night
Don't erase my thoughts
Or try and cage my dreams.
Let me be what I need to be
Do not tie my hands
Or leave me in the sea
Just let me walk my path and start to think and see.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Janell Cressman 08 April 2009

Truely amazing! ! ! ! ! ! don't let people tell you who you are! ! thats amazing! ! ! !

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Barry A. Lanier 09 April 2009

Don't cage my hands toss me in the sea, release these chains, where I can be, a woman with an unconfined mind, , , this is the last warning this time.....go girl

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Greenwolfe 1962 11 April 2009

This is a solid writing but it isn't special in any way. I tried hard to find a phrase or sentence that stood out, and I couldn't find one. I would describe this as plain. The meaning is crystal clear and the substance of the message could be quite profound in ways. But the piece ends rather quietly and the last rhyme was not very good. If a poem ever needed a special ending it was this one. Overall, I would say only fair. GW62

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John Lyday 10 April 2009

A little rebellion never hurt anyone. Nicely done.

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Ken Suh 09 April 2009

This is a very insightive poem. I love how you amde it ryhme :) ! ! ! lol its excellent like always :) !

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Chitra - 09 April 2009

a profound piece..a struggle for reestablishing one's identity...great way to go

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Eyan Desir 09 April 2009

Good write good work But I will like you to make your poems flow more 10

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Vanessa Kingsley

Vanessa Kingsley

Colorado Springs, Colorado
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