What do you want to be when you grow up?

a lawyer, 

astronaut, 

barber,

sailor? 

you dream so big, you reach for the stars

until you realize that they

they didn’t tell you that roses have thorns

thorns that cut and slice you till you bleed

you’re always told to

think outside of the box

be unique

but if everyone is thinking outside the box

there is no box to think outside of

but why dream so big when you have technology at your fingertips

why reach for the stars

when you can send astronauts up to the stars

and then, maybe then 

you will be seen. why

reach

for the stars

when you can reach for your phone-

why reach-

but still

you have these hopes and dreams

you’re so blinded by what you should be

and now you realize they didn’t tell you that

roses have thorns

thorns that prick you back to reality.