Spectrum

I never understood How people can just pick and choose traits to see and to ignore As if I were a mere multiple choice question and instead of all of the above, you only chose one answer Sugar coated into your eyes, you were blind to only what you wanted And some days it’s empowering to declare “I am not my grades or my test scores or a black and white report card, I am a spectrum Of passions and inspiration and thoughts and I was meant to be more than this” But when all I am asked is “Where will you study?” “What is your major?” “How are your grades?” “How will you pay?” I feel diminished and hopeless. I want to succeed. I want better for myself. But in more ways than one Not just financially or economically or socially but spiritually, creatively Not to do things just because I can or I should But because I wanted to I never understood when I was told that I should reach for the stars But not the ones from that galaxy.