What is this poem about? THE MESSAGE.....?

Question

I didn't write it. i got it from 'as told by ginger' which is a tv show...whats your interpretation of this poem?

"She chose to walk alone
Though others wondered why
Refused to look before her,
Kept eyes cast upwards,
Towards the sky.-


She didn't have companions
No need for earthly things.
Only wanted freedom,
From what she felt were
Puppet strings.-


She longed to be a bird. That she might fly away.
She pitied every blade of grass
For planted they would stay.-


She longed to be a flame,
That brightly danced alone.
Felt jealous of the steam
That made the air its only home.-


Some say she wished too hard.
Some say she wished too long.
But we awoke one autumn day
To find that she was gone..-


The trees, they say stood witness.
The sky refused to tell.
But someone who had seen it said
The story played out well.-


She spread her arms out wide.
Breathed in the break of dawn.
She just let go of all she held...-"



And then she was gone.

Answer 1

suicide

Answer 2

It strikes me that this is someone who felt weighed down by day to day life and other people. As a result she spent a lot of time dreaming about what she could be and where she could go, rather than just kind of dealing with the reality she had and the future that was unfolding. Maybe she had big dreams but never did anything other than wish her life were different, and then she got to be middle-aged and realized the "old her" that had all those dreams had never done anything about them. She had probably always felt isolated because she felt other people were content to be tied down to conventional responsibilities and plans.

At first I thought she committed suicide, but upon another look I think she decided to finally get on the ball, do something about changing her life and following her dreams, stop being miserable over it - and so finally, she was on her way to accomplishing what she wanted and being what she wanted. (She also seemed to want to have a little attention for herself and be unique - stand out.)

In my opinion its not a high-quality piece of work. Any time anyone uses "puppet strings" its sounds like some overdone talk from the seventies. It strikes me that the author wrote this about herself.

Answer 3

A poem about a girl who chose the wrong method to obtain freedom and release - suicide.

Answer 4

The poem references the Statue of Liberty and how our civil liberties and freedoms are being eroded by the current administration.

Answer 5

Sounds like the poem represents a severely depressed person who committed suicide in a lovely, poetic form, bluntly put.

Answer 6

I think it is the thing that many government have nt and many people want it is Freedom .

Answer 7

night