Things unsaid

I didn't know what I wanted to be

Because 

What I wanted

Was not in the careers library

At school -

There was no section 

On how to be a Disney Princess

Or have success like Madonna

So I said

'Journalist, I guess'

And scrambled through

The next few years

And then more.

It was friends -

Speaking other futures

Out loud,

That changed

'Could' or 'could not'

In my head.

Reality is who you

Listen to - 

I made music about it.

C. LJ Ireton 2023