Permission

Sometimes it seemed my entire life I had waited for someone

To give me permission to do what I wanted, but that person

Was a mythical figure, no one had appeared

To give me the needed permission or to allay my fears

The outcomes had been either one of two-

I found courage on my own to do what I want to do

Or kept waiting endlessly for permission

And did not move forward due to self-imposed inhibitions

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Approval from the society was required, or so I was conditioned to believe

Therefore blessings from someone I felt like I needed to receive

Before starting an endeavor that was new

I had convinced myself it was the right thing to do

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I had been holding myself back, I recently realized

Once I started permitting myself to do what I wanted, to my surprise

More doors began to open up for me

The ladder of success I began to climb steadily

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To seek permission when I feel inclined

I grant it to myself in my mind

I have given myself permission to conquer my fears

And pursue the interests that I hold dear