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Don't We All?
February 16, 2022
Don’t we all
Spend our younger years dreaming
Dreaming of growing up, driving a car and meeting a boy
Dreaming of being just like our older sisters,
Of wearing crop tops and high heel shoes
Anxious to be a teenager just like the movies
Older now,
We yearn for the days where we dreamed,
Because fantasizing is better than living average days.
The days of complaining about wanting to grow up
Instead of having to go to work after school
Seem better than we remember
But because it’s been ingrained in our heads,
We can’t help but expect perfection.
Don’t we all?
© Amanda P., Clermont, FL
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This poem explains how society paints an unrealistic image of teenage and young adult years; it is so easy to be anxious to grow up, but you realize your childhood was wasted when you realize life isn't what you thought.