To the little girl still inside so many of us
who was taught she had to be small, To be the quiet one, The kind one, The never ruffle feathers one. To the little girl who was taught she shouldn’t chase butterflies Or stare at the stars too long because Life was on the ground. To the little girl who was taught The worst thing of all was to not fit in, To not belong, To not be seen as sweet. To the little girl who quickly became afraid of being Too bossy, Too mean, Too rude, Too loud, Too boisterous, Too different, Too weird, Too much. To that little girl that sits in so many of us still, At the age of twenty or thirty or fifty or eighty, Lingering and whispering to us that We have to be careful or “they” won’t like us, That we have to stay quiet, nice, and delicate still. That we should stay silent, that we should wear the black Dress because that’s what they’re wearing. That we Shouldn’t stick out, that we shouldn’t want something Different. That we should appreciate and say please and thank you For the life we were granted. To that little girl, I say—it’s time to chase The butterfly, to stare at the stars freely. It’s time to get out of that corner we were put in, To raise our voices and to step into the girl We wished they’d have let us be. It’s time to be unruly and boisterous sometimes. It’s time to speak up at the meeting even if they think You’re a bitch. It’s time to wear the sequin outfit or the t-shirt or Whatever you want without worrying about what They’re going to wear. It’s time to stop settling for the life on the ground They told you that you should want. It’s time to be loud, to take up space, to be unruly And wild and FREE. It’s time to chase the butterflies and look at the stars—or Do whatever the hell you want, whatever makes your soul shine. It’s time to get back in touch with that little girl that’s still inside And give her the permission no one else did-- The permission to be who she wants, what she wants, how she wants And to stop worrying about getting permission to live big.
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