Only (No. 53. September 2012)

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I am only 15

But I am an adult.

Filled with stresses

And thought 

And more words than these

Better words

That have yet to be written

 

I've gone through a lot

And things hit the rocks

like waves of a hurricane

When anyone else

Would take it like

Wading in tide pools

 

I am no adult

I am no child

My mentality

My personality

My being

Whims

Wishes

Wonders

 

Dreams

 

I am no adult

I am no child

I am only...

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