Conquering steps towards maturity, an uphill climb, is a <br />difficult task to undertake. <br /> <br />Watching what is said, to whom it's being said, not <br />trusting anyone with important information, and trying <br />to hold everything in while busting at the seams. <br /> <br />Anger flowing like lava, encompassing everything within it's <br />wake, burying alive, all meaning of life. <br /> <br />Thousands of ashes pile themselves in columns, making places <br />where people have died interiorly. <br /> <br />Memories rerun themselves eternally through the minds of <br />those who have been loved and abandoned.<br /><br />RoseAnn V. Shawiak<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stairway-to-maturity/