When you get your first period

they don’t tell that it

Feels like someone is stabbing you

In your stomach. It is hard to

Get in a comfortable position

To sleep.

They don’t tell you it

Will get worse. It hurts to

Walk, laugh, breath.

They say it’s all normal

And that you don’t need to worry about it.

They don’t tell you that

You will make messes.

Or it feels like you have

To go to the bathroom 24/7.

They don’t tell you that

It will take 10 minutes

To get out of the bathroom.

They tell you it is

A pain to deal with.

They don’t tell you it ’s

Fun to bring it up to boys

To see how awkward they

Will get. They don’t tell you that

You will get headaches, cramps,

Or cravings.

They don’t tell you about how painful

It is to PMS.

(Premenstrual Syndrome)

         They don’t tell you that when you

Sneeze that it’s the worst thing ever.

They don’t tell you that you need to

Wear dark colored pants

Because if you wear light colored pants you’re asking for trouble.

They don’t tell you that you will

Bloat. Or that your back

Will kill you. They don’t tell you

That you will get emotional over

The smallest things.

They don’t tell you that you can change

Your mood like the flick of

A light switch. They don’t tell you that the

Littlest things make you mad or sad.

They don’t tell you it will take

A week or longer for you to stop

Your period. They make it sound like

It’s a one and done type of thing.

But what they do tell you is that

In a week or so you will be free

Until your red friend decides to

Come back next month.

AND THEY DO TELL

YOU IS YOU

(most of the time)

ARE NOT PREGNANT!