One must never talk back. Everything said must be packed tight with smiles and diffident grace like a corset bound princess. Like a doll painted with a red stain twisted into a polite smile, a facade is necessary and an admired reputation is vital.
One must be patient. Good things come to those to wait; Or so one would think. Patience is a virtue and rush will prove to be fatal.
One must have an iron will because women are to face the most difficult challenges in life, the most turbulent of quandaries. Life choices are not just simple decisions of what kind of extravagant meal sits on the thin and embroidered china lying upon the rosewood table. But rather such choices are dependent on the secrecy and inconspicuous words of society and how a woman is to face these situations.
One must be at the top of one's class. With grades wrapped with A's and nothing less and respect that floats above like a halo on an angel. Attending to boorish classes and competing with people of all kinds, yet still protruding forward as the one and the only perfect student.
Being the perfect daughter.
I am none, nor will I ever, be any of these for I am not that perfect daughter. I'm just a simple child that undergoes the crude transformation of an innocent child to a rude insolent teenager. I'm not always happy, and I don't plan on pleasing everyone's needs especially when I have to sacrifice my own time and happiness. I'm not a silent daughter that accepts criticism left and right, yet still is able to manage to move forward and stay strong. I'm not. I trip and fall. I stumble and cry. I stop and I feel as if i can't move on. i'm stuck and I'm lost and I don't want to go forward anymore.
I can't stop here though.