2000 A.D., I was born.

A plumpy mass,

Who grew pretty normally.

Not too thin,

Not too chubby.

And not one aunt could resist a squze of my cheek.

 

2005 A.D., I started school.

What a mess.

Slowest reader,

Slowest writer.

Too shy for any good it could possibly do.

 

2011 A.D., I started Secondary school,

Not good enough for

Private schools,

Not smart enough for

Grammar school.

 

But here's when I changed.

 

My body and confidence grew,

feelings and emotions askew.

And talking back?

To a teacher, my muse?

Hell, yeah! I knew I had changed.