They said you could be anything

You can be anything you want said they, for a moment I paused and thought then I’d be an astronaut! I can go to space and probably see the stars! I was only 6 back then, little did I know growing up would teach me so many lessons, unfolding them took up so much of me that I had lost the twinkle in my eyes when I saw these stars up above. “You can be all that you dream of sweetheart” , hell no ! Ofcourse I can’t! Do you think this security guard enjoys standing outside at 3am when he’d rather be home with his wife and kids? Do you think that woman who is trying her best to make ends meet has no wish to be able to go on that holiday trip she’s been planning for years now? I could be all that I dream of , yes sure! But will this society ever accept me as that? Will it let me conquer my fears and outreach myself to accomplish these dreams? Will the numerous barriers of culture , race , traditions, sex, language ever ensure that I move even an inch closer to my dream? Certainly not. But what I will find is despair , discouragement , disbelief , jealousy , that their magnitude will definitely imbibe a sense of “nobody” in me. Growing up teaches you that you’ve got to be the one backing your ownself all the time , cos that’s all you got and that’s all you’ll ever have by your side constantly. You’ve got bills to pay and food to cook , you can’t be just someone eating air and drinking water, remember?
I can’t be anything I wanna be, but yes I can surely be someone constantly fighting these dark demons to chase my dreams day in and out , to encourage that light that shines within me. They said you could be anything, they lied. But if you can be ‘something’ in this vast chaotic mess.

Source : The Rainbow Site