Stunted

Always heard "No!"
Why was this so?
Pretending that I did not know
Your envy of me preventing me to grow
"If 'No!' applies to me then it applies to you" you lament.
Spreading your misery and guilt
Saying that is love, tough love
You saying "No!", never saying "Go!"
Go! live your life!
Go! follow your dreams!
Go! be free!
Like a buzz kill, a hit to the back of the knee
Striking me down with your misery
Life is hard
"Dreams should be barred, they never come true anyway", you say
You being so blunt
Trying to stunt
My dreams, my desires
Unfortunately, I listened to thee
Feeling that I can never be free
Never be me
Why?
Because you said so
I ought know
To tell you to blow
away like the wind
Never having anything to show me
Never encouraging
Ever discouraging
"Dreaming is a waste!"
Leading me to stunt and be chaste
The fault is my own
This I know
To be stunted or not be stunted
This was my choice
Choosing the former and not listening
to my own voice
Stunted I became
Stunted I was to be