From then to now

Oh, how have things changed

I’m no longer innocent,

Yet I’m no longer in pain

 

That girl in middle school

Might have seen me as lame

I don’t have as many friends

But much I have gained

 

I know things now

About people without loyalties

About what I want from life

About my own priorities

 

That girl then

Just wanted to please

But not everyone can be happy

And so I have come to see

 

That growing up means leaving behind

Things you once treasured

And finding yourself

And new ways to measure