I Want. I Don't.

I want to feel the shock of the new;
The keenest sting; another's point of view.
I don't want Mother peering over my shoulder
I don't think wiser is always older.

I want to make my own mistakes
Have authority in the world, and all it takes.
I don't want our Nanny state,
I don't want to know my preordained fate.

I want to be aroused by crude imagery
Free from tutting tongues and prudish bigotry.
I don't give a fuck, when fuck is used.
I don't give a fuck when my feelings are abused.

I want to explore my personal limits
Of the things the wider world prohibits
I don't want to feel constantly safe
I don't want the chance of no escape.

I want to grasp what my soul yearns
Not the law of diminishing returns.
I don't want to seize the rudder.
I don't want to hurt another.