Unbecoming

I’m Guessing –
No, I’m Willing to
Wager –

You’ve Spent Much
of Your Life
Becoming,

at the Urging of
Imagined Betters,

Some Thing
You Imagine
You are Not
Yet.

The Priests may be
The Worst,
with Their
Holy Books of
What You Must
Become –
Or Else.

But They’re
hardly Alone
in The
You Must
Become Better
Department.

What If
The Whole
Becoming
Enterprise Is
a Control Device, or
a Moneymaker?

A Dangling Carrot?
A Calculated
Behavior Modifier?

What If
You Already
Are?

What If
Unbecoming Is
What You Need
To Be?

(Photo By Quan Nguyen; UnSplash)