Reality robbed by politeness
and modesty
Real life constrained by abstract
codes
Never daring to reveal the
truth
personality stifled by conformity
So…what happened to life in all it's
fullness
It's unexpected joys -
Dancing
a free spirit,
Smothered by rules:
“should, can't, don't, won't”
Like a dancing flame or a small child
self expression extinguished under a cloak
of lead
Poems by Andrew Wheatley