Growing Up
By DG
Troubled thoughts, troubled actions
Back and forth, over and over
Makin’ decisions, changing decisions
One foot in, one foot out
Try’na change but hard to get out
Changing surroundings, changing peers
How easy it is when you’re lookin’ in
Inside the box, outside the box
Is this what I’m all about?
Searching and asking
Lookin’ and finding
Time to change
Time to grow
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I really like the hopeful and the melancholy vibe this has 🙂
This is beautiful– it really feels like someone being pulled in two different directions. I also like the “look” of the poem, how the lines get shorter and shorter all the way to the end, as though the tugging and the pain is getting harder to deal with. Then a great, positive ending!