A journey lies ahead <br />for all teenagers today. <br />A journey to adulthood, <br />our youth to kiss away. <br /> <br />But as we go find ourselves <br />at a truly awkward stage. <br />We're partial, unripe, sketchy and crude <br />at this tender age. <br /> <br />We're old enough to make a choice <br />yet still young in many ways. <br />Too young you pack our bags and go, <br />too old to want to stay. <br /> <br />Young enough for fun and games, <br />too old for carefree lives. <br />Young enough for hopes and dreams, <br />yet for reality we strive. <br /> <br />Old enough for heartfelt pain. <br />too young to find the cure. <br />Too old for childish ways of past, <br />too young to be mature. <br /> <br />Old enough to fall in love <br />and give our hearts away. <br />But, still too young to understand <br />just why we feel this way. <br /> <br />We're trusted, loyal, proud and true <br />yet scolded, sneered and scorned. <br />Between the role of adult and child, <br />we are somewhere torn. <br /> <br />Like an uncompleted work of art, <br />we're awkward, unsure, half-baked. <br />But be patient please <br />for we're on our way <br />to becoming something great.<br /><br />Phoenix Strezze<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/somewhere-in-the-middle-6/
