This seemed to be well thought out. I enjoyed going through the stages of the narrator's life. As most of us are on this site, I am also a writer, so I understand how writing can let you just be. Thanks for entering this in Mibba's poetry contest!
i think I know what you mean. Writing is one of the few places we poets can be truly free of others' expectations, where we can stay children. :)
I liked how you went through the stages of your life, showing how you got progressively more constricted-- and then how writing freed you again