Permission Slips

How Long Will You Wait For Them?

Sushmita Pedaprolu
a Few Words
May 19, 2021

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Photo by erica steeves on Unsplash

Knock, Knock!

Oh, it’s the postman

But as usual, it isn’t what I was waiting for!

I’m waiting for a permission slip

To live the life I want

To be who I am

To do what I always wanted to do.

For a lot of us,

This permission slip arrives

When Regret personally delivers it

At our deathbed.

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Sushmita Pedaprolu
a Few Words

Feminist. Autodidact. Introvert. Highly Sensitive Person. Optimist. Spiritual Seeker.