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won’t settle down

Linda M. Crate

my mother told me once
that all anyone wants
is for me to
settle down,
but what if i don’t want to?
even if i’m married
i imagine i’ll be a wild thing
my children
will never know when i’m going to
be their mother or when i’ll be a wild bird
i’ll be responsible, surely,
but i’m going
to live life on my terms not the other way
around;
people don’t get to dictate my future
i do—
gypsy hearted free spirit
i will dance,
and my children will dance with me not knowing
the harm of conformity because i will let them
dream as i was never allowed to,
but i rebelled because
i had to;
my heart would not be caged
or restrained
my dreams insisted on dancing with unicorns,
clouds, mermaids, faeries, vampyres, satyrs, nymphs,
and fauns—
my husband will be a wild thing, too,
and no one will be able to tame us and the world
will be our crayon and we won’t
color in the lines.

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