At thirteen

• Artist: rose_lol xox
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• Date: 07/18/2009
• Tags: thirteen

Thirteen today!
It's so exciting!
A teenager at last
I've been waiting thirteen years
And now? Now what?

Have I left my childhood behind?
I'll make my own decisions-
Choose my own clothes-
Maybe get a part-time job
And maybe even do what I want to do
To dance my life away.
That's probably what being older is all about

But wait a second-
I'll never be a child again
To run and skip and jump,
To climb trees with naughty boys,
Tease my sisters,
All for the fun.

Life at thirteen is suddenly serious,
Homework cannot be forgot
Consequences wait for me.
School marks start to matter.
“Why did you do so badly in History”
“Surely you can do better in Maths”

Trouble is
I can't go backwards.
Everything's changed
A new me stares from the mirror
Who is it I see,
Boo!!!
My child?
My adult?
I'm halfway there,
Betwixt and between,
Thirteen today?

Comments

[wandering spirit of death]

weird how when ur a child growing up seems so glamorous until you find out the harsh reality when you reach that age figuring out that growing up is mostly nothing but the scourage of ur life even if theres is a few perks.but in the end amidst the so called "glamour" u look back on the days of ur youth wishing you could go back to those happier times.life is like a one way road that goes on, u going forward but u could never go back only to look back in the mirror to see where we were

[xxFallen-Miseryxx]

im turning 13 in june so lol! im nearly ther and then i go to highschool nxt year yay!plus the highschool that im going to has horseriding as a sport woopee!

[Mentalpatient1288]

true, so true. this is good, its so true