How many things and how many people do I need
In my life so that I can be considered complete?
As I transition into an adult independent
You say looking for my better half should be my intent
Then comes motherhood which is supposed to complete
Me as a woman, what can the joy of having a child beat
After all, but then if taking care of children is all I do
You expect me to find a career that fulfills me too..
If I fall short of any of these expectations
If I fail to live up to societal obligations
Am I then a woman incomplete or inadequate?
This is precisely the insinuation that makes me upset…
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I’m not trying to rebel, and these expectations alone
Are each perfectly reasonable on their own
The idea that irks me is that of being incomplete
Until these arbitrary milestones I have claimed as a feat
So what if I do not find a partner
Or do not want to or cannot be a mother
Or cannot establish a career that fulfills me
Does that mean I do not get to be
A whole person, as if I am part of a jigsaw puzzle after all
Looking for other pieces to fit my edges, so I can call
Myself perfect, complete, checking all boxes indeed
I am a whole person, why do appendages I need?
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I am a whole person, and I need around me
People who feel complete themselves, and can see
Me as the person I am, with my strength and weakness
Grow themselves and allow me to grow in the process..
Passion...unbridled 