I remember my great aunt Madelene telling
me
A young person never knows more than when they're
15
Years later I read this quote by Mark Twain
(paraphrased)
When I was 16 I couldn't get over how little my
father knew
But by the time I was 21 I was amazed at how much
he'd learned!
Reflecting lately on this trying period in a young
one's life
I wrote this poem:
Adolescence
Adolescence would be skipped
Those helpful little children
Turning into restless snips
Days of being discontent
Useful habits gone
Like money poorly spent
Know they must go forward
But hate to leave behind
It reopens our old pains
There is not one of us
Would choose those years again
From all that we know
As we try to help them
To blossom and to grow
To make all things possible
and have so many choices
We hope they'll remember
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN
DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD!
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