On Turning 13

The whole idea of it makes me feel

Like I’m coming to the end of something

Something that I don’t want to let go of because

I’m afraid of what will come next

But I have to...

It’s like when you have to move away

And have to say goodbye

learn to cope with a new surrounding

All the fun adventures I went on

Playing pretend family outside with my friends

Climbing trees and building forts

And also playing with barbie dolls alone in my room,

letting my imaginations flow

I was having the best times of my life

I thought that everything in life was perfect

I wished that this would last forever

But sadly it won’t

I have come to a change

Everything is not the same anymore

Now I’m not always outside playing pretend family

Or climbing trees and building forts

My barbies dolls are all covered in dust

stored in a big boxs at the back of the storage room

I am now mostly hanging out with my friends

at the mall or the coffee shop

Our adventures are not not playing pretend family

But are going outside to amusement parks

or having sleepovers

We don’t play with barbie dolls anymore

This is the beginning of something new

I say goodbye to my fun and silly adventures

I have to focus more on school

I used to think that everything was perfect

But it just isn't any more

I have to learn to handle things on my own

I have to learn to be independent

It seems like only yesterday I used to believe

Everything in life was perfect

There are going to be some thunderstorms that create huge damage

But we have to learn to fix it, and handle those situations

Is it that I’m not a kid anymore?

Where I'm From

Where I'm From

I am from the beaches

From the ice-cream truck coming down the road

I am from the hot sparkling sands

And the cool blue oceans

I watch and listen as the waves break onto the shore

I am from the parks

From the lush green trees

And the bubbly atmosphere

Of families having fun and bonding

I am from the swing sets and the slides

I play on them as if they were my own

I’m from Monopoly and UNO

From competing at the dinner table

Playing all sorts of board games

I’m from steak and gravy

And Christmas pudding

From waiting to open presents underneath the Christmas tree

I am from a loving and warm hearted family

With caring parents

And amazing grandparents