The Early Teenage Years

4. THE EARLY TEENAGE YEARS They say I’m now an adolescent because I’ve reached the teenage years New school, new friends, new teachers, a whole new set of fears I was supposed to wear my glasses, when attending my new school That wasn’t going to happen, I thought they made me look uncool I had to wear a uniform to attend the school each day There was a jacket, hat and jumper, an insipid shade of grey I wore the hat just once, then resigned it to the bin To have to wear such head gear, was deemed a mortal sin I made a friend named Sylvia, but I just called her Syl I’d meet her after school each day, to hang around and chill We’d discuss what boy we fancied, on whom we had a crush And if they ever noticed us, it gave us such a rush We loved messing round with make-up, trying to make ourselves look cool We’d end up looking like a circus clown, an over painted fool So then we started smoking, trying to look so hip and slick Never knowing that this habit, could give us cancer, make us sick Our friendship lasted all through school, with good times and some bad And when it came to leaving, we felt down and really sad We did not have an inkling what the future had in store The only certain facts we knew that school days were no more.