Sixteen Going On Seventeen
sixteen going on seventeen
caught up in her own mind
of fears and dreams
of love and lust
of sex and dreams
with no idea
of her place
or which path
caught up in her mediocreness
of her mediocre talents
of her dreams
of boys and men
of magazines
telling her who to be
what to see
what to write
what to wear
caught up in society's games
of eating disorders
and depression
of rebellion
of responsibility
of anger
of angst
stuck between not caring
enough
and caring too little
of being herself
or being the person
she has imagined herself to
be
her only escape
is the poems she
writes
an the music she
listens
she tries to talk
to her parents
to her friends
but none take her
seriously
they see her
as the person she has
pretended to be
she
was not
mediocre
at pretending
the person she imagined herself
to be
was the person she actually
became
this
was a
typical poem
written by a
typical teenage
girl
sixteen going on seventeen
Copyright © Maura Webb | Year Posted 2015
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