Sixteenhood

Childhood is when I believed that if I stared at something long enough my eyes would get stuck that way The feeling of uncertainty but complete and freedom and fun Childhood was the never ending kisses from grandma and saying that I could help her make cookies and the sweet smell of success and being able to halve milk with them Childhood id best friends that never grew old of playing and letting their imagination be free of any trapped door Childhood was never being made fun of or if someone laughed you, you didn’t care and would laugh back Childhood is if you got in trouble and crying fits would come then leave after you got a hug Childhood was time outs and spankings and then a stern talking to when you were done Sixteen hood is using common sense and thinking before you speak and do Sixteen hood id letting you drive and being responsible for another life and your own Sixteen hood id being halfway done with high school and facing the facts that come with growing up Sixteen hood is a ray of laughter that you get from the rising sun with classmates Sixteen hood is remembering what childhood is and was but knowing what growing up in sixteen hood means