Growing Up Poems | Examples of Growing Up Poetry

Teen Love

They sat on a bench
Their hands nearly quenched
The love that they shared
The feelings they carried
Love in their teens
Just not seen
They grew a lot older
They reunited again.

Growing up

You have shone bright like a star.
And buzzed like a bee to where you are.
Carry on your journey without me.
And keep on shining as bright as can be.

LESSONS OF LOST

In a blink of an eye
I lost everything 
But all hope is still on the most high 
They pour spit on me
Just because 
I never own what they need
But with faith 
Looking up to fate, I keep living.

Some people only got you
When you give or have
What they want or need 
Many don't know
The meaning of

Pain in revolutions

Yesterday, today, tomorrow.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 O' clock,
24 hours,
365 days,
cocoon to butterfly,
7 days.
Over and over and over.
Again.
When you turn 5, you become a kid.
No more sippy cups or nap time. 
When you turn 13, you become a teen.
No more cartoons and dolls.
Adults say, "You're not a kid anymore, start acting like it".
When you turn 18, you become an

That Pause Between Summer and Autumn

School was out, setting her free in summer -
free to tell friends bye, be lonely and cry.
Tears would spill for a best friend of one year
who she had learned would in time forget her.
Most teens knew same place and faces through school.
Military brats do not live that truth.

Summer would decide her joy for school's start.
Parents

Growing up to fast and coming of age

Growing up to fast,
Coming of age. 

Both about maturity but different

One witnessed something they were not supposed to see, while the other saw when ready

One forced to be a man, the other gradually becoming a man 

One having a parent who would mentally abuse, while the other has two amazing parents

One having to work hard

Why Dad?

Why Dad?

Why did you have to go

Why did you leave me

Why did you pretend something never happened 

Why did you put me in this situation 

Why did you yell at me

Why did you tell me you still loved my mom

Why did you leave me with trauma 

Why did you lie to me

Why did you overdose

Rowing Through The Pain

Rowing Through The Pain

Row, Row, Row your boat gently down the stream
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily life is but a dream

Row, Row, Row your boat why can’t I scream
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily perfections not how it seems

Row, Row, Row your boat forever never ends
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily my pain never mends

Over, Over, Over again until I

The Calico Box Crab Freight

I was only eight
when I caught the calico box crab freight. 
Just a small-town crab-boy in tattered britches,
I found my way to fame and riches, 
loaded in a crate.

WHOLESOMNESS

WHOLESOMENESS

Do not be sorry,
Be aware in your nature;
Growing fruitfully

OF LIFE'S JOURNEY

OF LIFE’S JOURNEY  

At birth, life’s journey is planned;
While there will be many tolls,
God’s GPS will guide you:-

Rebirth of a criminal baby

What did I do to you in my past life to get what you give in this one 
What crime did I commit to you to get you to love me like you do
Is there anything I can do to pay for my crimes or will this be my eternal punishment

Coming and Going

                              Creating               
         

Anti-Intellectualism, not BEING THERE

I never think my thoughts deep thoughts  --
though I'm no Peter Sellers, they are
but common trite reactions.  l do not live
an examined philosophic life; nor have I
focused, fathomed understanding.

But -- there is, everywhere, wide-eyed blank confusion --
crowds who do not listen, do not hear, cannot ken --
who do not choose even NOT to

Modi of India

You were not born of ivory halls,
nor cradled in the velvet silence of empire.
You were fireborn—
from the coal-scented dusk of a railway station,
where teacups bore the dreams of the underfed.
We remember, because you were once one of us.

Your hands held steam, not scepters—
yet rose to cradle Gujarat like a child.
And lo, from its weary bones
you

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