• she wanted to be a blade

    of grass amid the feilds

    but he wouldn't agree

    to be the dandelion



    she wanted to be a robin singing

    through the leaves

    but he refused to be

    her tree



    she spun herself into a web

    and looking for a place to rest

    turned to him

    but he stood straight

    declining to be her corner



    she tried to be a book

    but he wouldn't read



    she turned herself into a bulb

    but he wouldn't let her grow



    she decided to become

    a woman

    and though he still refused

    to be a man

    she decided it was all

    right