Traps

She walked in rage
Of people who followed
Useless rules and mindless traditions

She walked in disbelief
Of people who didn’t have the courage
To reject what their hearts didn’t agree to

And then she stopped
With a sense of foreboding
Her trembling mind spat out to her

It wondered what you say to one
Who binds herself in noose-tight cords
Of sky-high expectations

Who won’t give room for mistakes
To be at odds with that home-grown philosophy
that once made her a rebel