No one tells you how it will feel
The transition is so uncomfortable
Tested to your emotional limits
While several things unfold
All at once, we are forced to evaluate
Evaluate it all.
This time is the end of a chapter
A happy chapter that’s so good
Onto a new chapter
That is even more exciting
But more confusing
What does the future hold?
When I am grown up…
Oh wait, I am grown up now?
To the young ones, I am old
To the old ones, I am young
How am I supposed to feel?
Old or Young or….?
I know the need for growth
Is just around the corner.
I have outgrown my current life
But I feel unprepared
With no one standing there
To hold my hand
It’s time to jump in and out
Of this awkward stage
I love how this poem is centered on the theme of your blog. Even though I'm just a freshman, I feel the same way about the "awkward stage" of life. I think your poem really gets to the heart of this feeling, when your not really an adult but your not really a kid. You're just... awkwardly in between. I like the part where you talk about kids thinking you are old, and old people thinking you are young. It's hard to figure out how to relate to people because you don't know who you should consider peers and who's not! Thanks for sharing this one with the class last week! I really enjoyed hearing it read aloud. It's always interesting to see the author's own interpretation of their work!
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