Young Girls

Young Girls

Young girls want

Things that are

Too old for them

… to wear

…to do

…to say

Young girls want

To grow up so fast

“I can’t wait…

…for breasts!”

…for bras!”

…for periods!”

…for sex!”

Young girls want

To grow up too fast

Childhood games

Become real life

Young girls want

To feel the weight

Of adult responsibility

Without the price

Young girls want

To be themselves

…have room to grow

…have room to bloom

Young girls want

To grow up so fast

The bud of childhood

Left behind

They bloom into women

Too fast

2/23/2007 with edit in 2011

    I was like this. I remember asking my mom when I would get my period. I was so excited to get it. Now... not so much.