Poetry On The Odyssey: Be Good
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Poetry On The Odyssey: Be Good

Growing up with expectations is hard.

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Poetry On The Odyssey: Be Good
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They said be good

and showed me the rules.

They told me to learn

and follow instructions.


They said be good

and handed me books.

I learned to read

and found a way out.


They said be good

and dropped me off

with friends.

An escape from the never ending cadence.


They said be good

and I learned the loopholes.

I found ways around

the rules that sat over my head.


They helped me move in

and left with be good

ringing around the room.

I was alone and impulsive.


Be good they said.

I got a piercing the next day.

I didn't tell them

until I went home.


They said be good,

get good grades,

and do well in school.

Don't disappoint us.


You told me it was okay,

but you still dropped me

off with a be good

echoing in my head.


Be good I thought

as I let myself

fall into a reckless version

of the angel you knew I could be.


Be good, and I was.

I was good at school,

telling the truth,

and then I learned.


I can be good

and still be young.

I didn't need to grow up fast,

I could have some fun.


Be good I whispered

to myself as I walked

through the doors

and towards a chair.


I still tell myself to

be good,

even when I'm

being impulsive.


I know that things

are wrong and

I'm trying to make

everything be good.


As I turned to the door,

I stopped and turned

back to the three faces behind me

and whispered be good.


I sent a wink in their direction

and closed the door behind me.

They'll be good, I thought.

They'll be good at being themselves.

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