Growing Up

A poem about different stages in life

When we are two

All we can do

Is sit and gurgle, laugh and coo

When we are four

It's time for more

'Cause school is not yet, well... a bore

When we are six

We're in a fix

'Cause we are always up to tricks

When we are eight

We stay up late

We still think life is pretty great

When we are ten

We trick again

No mom or dad can stop us then

When we are twelve

We start to delve

In all the books there on the shelves

When we're fourteen

We're still too green

To stop others from being mean

When we're sixteen

We keep as clean

As anyone has ever been

Then finally we turn eighteen

And finally step in the dream

With adulthood and caffeine

Author's Note

Hope you liked it... doesn't make sense, but I hope it's enjoyable anyway ;)

Reviews

[Nila M.]

It made sense to me. And for the most part that's pretty much how it goes. The tricky parts start with the caffeine and adulthood. Looking back, it's amazing to think that your entire childhood, which in your mind lasted an eternity, was really only about a decade. Weird to think about. "time and tide wait for no one".

[Lexie Dunham]

Right? I was thinking the same thing. When they say childhood goes fast, it's because it DOES go fast. You have 18 years to be a kid, and then it's off to the serious business for you. And most kids try to act 20 when they're 16. As for me... I'm going to be immature while I still can ;)

[Lexie Dunham]

And also... thank you for commenting!! I really, REALLY appreciate it!

[Nila M.]

My dad always jokes that there's only about five years in a person's life that they actually want to be the age they are haha. When you're a kid you always want to be older and when you pass about 30 you always want to be younger. "such is life"...