seventeen
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Crowd becomes a galaxy, Ten thousand suns, Ten million worlds,come into existence.
growth: forced, quick, and sudden.
The first born; I am made to showcase
possibility,
hope,
and opportunity.
Not smiling at smiling me from the DMV.
Not watching an R without all of the PG.
Not even checking the squares of democracy.
What is it to be seventeen
And grow up wishing
For abstract things
What is it to be seventeen
To not know who you are
But know who you’re not
What is it to be seventeen
Most Birthdays,
I weep.
But not 17
When I was thirteen
I cut my hair too short,
and got that camera I wanted
and I wept into my mothers shoulder
because I didn't feel fufilled.
She lies,
And she does it so easily,
She hides,
And she does it so sneakily,
She rips apart hearts,
Six hospital visits:
One for my baby cousin,
Two for my sister’s knee,
Three for my faulty lungs.
Two writing competitions:
One that I won,
twenty sixteen and moved out at seventeen
seventeen and get my own rent paid
seventeen and grew my eyebrows out and slayed
seventeen and moved to another state
seventeen and two jobs, full plate
Dear 17,
be gentle with me
actually, scratch that
bring on all the craziness and intensity
i'm ready to spend nights curled up on the floor crying
kicking and screaming at the notion that life isn't fair
17 and Screaming17 and FreakingNo one warned me about this feeling.
How dare you ask me who I would be
without all these stereotypes?
Don’t you know that society has already defined me.
Don’t you know that because I am female
my main goal is to be beautiful.
Seventeen means
I’m too young
It means I’m on the bottom rung
It means I’m just a kid
Who needs to keep a lid
On her beliefs
Because it might cause someone some grief
To know
While your young, your told to live a certian way
People teach you how to talk, what to say
Everyone looks, judgement in there eyes.
People talk, but all you hear are lies.
Noone can tell you who you are,
I've only had one boyfriend
-we went out for three days,
he liked me but I didn't like him back.
I only said "yes" so he would shut up during History class
Her belly grows and grows,
but nobody knows.
Sweatshirts are too small,
the inevitable becomes
apparent.
Waddles through hallways,
up flights of stairs,
back aches.
Tell me the difference between Being in love with someoneAnd being in love with the idea of love.
Well, I'll tell you.
Why did you become
A teacher when you hate
It so much? Coming in at
Seven in the morning makes you
Mean. Answering questions leaves you cross,
But it's your job, so what is the issue?
