A pretty ornament Agreeable and docile But this is not a cage The facade of this life I've made

An ode to playing house Because it's the only way I'll have a home Romanticizing the mundane

I painstakingly carve my face File my teeth into a smile Trying to mold myself into someone You won't want to replace

This is all I've ever wanted To preform well enough To get a happy ending With all the suburban trimmings

A glittering ring White picket fence 2.5 kids And freedom from choice Because I always choose wrong

Making this dream a reality Might be enough To erase the slamming doors Quiet the echoes of loss and divorce The the grip of familial falilure

Providing the child in me A stable life Never afforded before Something undeserved

May my metamorphosis My routine Pass the test And make it something I've earned