What You Say - For 15-Year-Olds
You tell me that I can't go out
or walk around alone,
'Cause 15 isn't old enough
to keep up on my own.
You say that judging character
is something that you learned,
But guess what? My respect
is something that is earned.
They say that being 15
is the hardest age to be,
Not quite a woman, or a girl,
but caught right in between.
So then, I think, you'll try to see,
who here is really boss,
But during rocky teenage years
I say "try", and it's your loss.
You turn your back and walk away,
we'll have to wait until,
You try again to say I can't
which means that now I will.
Copyright © Elaine Ho | Year Posted 2007
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