I'm not ready to grow up <br />I don't want to face the world <br />I just want to stay at home <br />And be a little girl! <br /> <br />I don't want to have to ask <br />My friends if they're alright <br />I don't want to have to wonder <br />If they'll commit suicide <br /> <br />I don't want to spend my life <br />Wishing i could go back <br />I want it to just be starting! <br />So i could take a little slack <br /> <br />I'm not ready for the workload <br />Sophmore year has to offer me <br />I'm not ready to say no to life <br />And let it confiscate my dreams <br /> <br />I do not want to admit <br />That boys can make you cry <br />I don't want to have to say <br />That my best friend just lied <br /> <br />I don't want to realize <br />That death is part of life <br />That pain is part of love <br />And the end is part of time <br /> <br />I'm sure not ready to say <br />That my first love is gone <br />That i thought he would stay <br />But now my love is gone <br /> <br />I do not want to admit <br />That life has hurt an pain <br />I don't want to scream <br />That mud comes from the rain <br /> <br />I don't want to argue <br />When you say rain isn't pretty <br />And when you say I'm beautiful <br />I don't want to disagree <br /> <br />I don't want to worry about love <br />and the trouble that it causes <br />I'm not ready yet to say <br />That life holds no pauses <br /> <br />I'm not ready to understand <br />War means lots of deaths <br />I'm not ready to realize <br />I could be taking my last breath<br /><br />Gabriella Franco<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/not-ready-for-life/
