The Answer is

The question’s why

And the answer is always

“Because I said so”

I was told what I felt, what to do, what to think, what to believe, how to be

When I asked why,

the answer was

“Because I said so”

I was told I had to do this or that even when it hurt me, or else…………….

I rarely asked why,

 I just did it

Because they said so

I was told I’d made a mistake and the price I paid, hurt me

I asked for help

I was told I was stupid, I would never learn

I didn’t ask why

I was told I had to love them, no matter what

I wondered why it was expected

I believed because they said so

I became one of them

I was an adult, just like them

It was expected,

Because they said so

They had been mistaken, I had paid the price

I changed my mind, I changed my ways, and I heard my answer

 I am not them, I am myself

I make mistakes, I learn from them, I do things differently

I now decide what I feel, what I think, what to do, what to be

I choose how, where, and when and with whom

If  I ask myself the question why

The answer may be because I like to and yes

 Because I say so

© 2011 Carole Ann Powell