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Unnamed

June 2, 2015
By Shayna Halvorsen BRONZE, Park Ridge, Illinois
Shayna Halvorsen BRONZE, Park Ridge, Illinois
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I feel Old. So incredibly Old.

But, I am Young. so Young.
I’m inexperienced to the world
I have not lived enough to know the truth.
I haven’t known stress.
I haven’t learned.
I haven’t known fear or hurt or bliss.
I know nothing.

But I feel old.

I feel the age of a thousand lives.
I have heard the truth.
I've seen stress.
I've watched them learn.
I've seen fear and hurt and bliss.
I've felt the emotions behind the front.

I feel old in my youth.

No one sees what I see.
I am a kid, I am ignorant, I am selfish, I am shallow, I have no clue.
No one sees how I see.
I am a kid
And yet I feel old.

I have aged through lives that live under reality
I have aged.
I have aged more than most.

I will Age.
I will feel Older

My skin will wither
My eyes will weaken
My hearing will fade

And I will Age. Grow. Shriek. and Die.
I am Young.
I am Kid.


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