At 16
At 16 you learn
How quickly time fleets
At 16 you realize
How fast hours go by in a week
At 16 you see
How precious life can be
At 16 you know
To cherish every Christmas tree
At 16 you hear
You must know your path in life
At 16 you feel
New sadness that cuts your soul like a knife
At 16 you’re taught
How to analyze the Odyssey
But at 16 you lack
The knowledge of knowing when to leave
At 16 you and your parents
Start to get in fights
At 16 you wrongly feel
That you are always right
At 16 you notice
All your friends start pairing up
At 16 you’re scared
You’ll never catch up
At 16 you never
Have time to spend with family
At 16 your burdened
With homework until 3
At 16 you look
Different and now very ugly
At 16 men notice you
And cry out things smugly
At 16 it’s instilled
That if you fail SATS you also fail at life
At 16 you feel
Like you can never do anything right
At 16 you crush
Your once large dreams to the ones you can touch
At 16 you may feel
That you will never be enough
At 16 you’re forced
To grow up and act tough
At 16 you sense
You can’t be your parents little girl
At 16 you wish
You could go back to the land of dollies and ballerina twirls
At 16 you are told
To be a certain way
At 16 you miss
Movie nights and riding Santa’s sleigh
At 16 you start to notice
How many calories there are in your fries
At 16 you see yourself
From the perspective of a guy
At 16 you wonder
If you can just slow down time
At 16 you learn
That time is what everyone wants to find
At 16 you must realize how much life that you have left
So, at 16 you mustn’t take the moments for granted that make time the greatest theft