Open wide the doors of understanding

The things they said would bring you joy 

Have only made you suffer

You've built your expectations,

And worked so hard

Molded yourself into 

Whatever was required

To get that job, that house, that body 

To go on that vacation

And when you finally got

What you were looking for

You lived in fear

Of losing it

And you became its servant.

Do not berate yourself 

For falling in this trap

Through which we all must walk 

Before we stop believing 

But ask instead,

What truly brings you joy

Decide that for yourself;

And as for me, I say

Try taking out the "you"

And open wide

The doors of understanding 

And let that be the guide