Why can’t I love you as I wish, Out loud, unafraid, and unrestrained? No veils to drape over our radiance, No rules, unspoken, undefined, unexplained. We’re penned by norms like birds in cages, Clipped wings when we’re meant to fly. Society’s script, tight on our pages, Dictates who, how, when we can tie. -Essence Ariel 💋 poetrythreads