Feb 29, 2004 13:49
Life isn't fair,
I'm held in against my will,
I want to go out,
live my life the way i choose.
Yet i am not allowed to.
I'm held down under their thumbs,
they think it's best for me.
What do they know,
it's my life.
I want to experience things with my own hands,
learn life's lessons on my own.
I will make my own mistakes,
try what i choose to.
They can give me guideance,
and support,
but they can not control me.
I am my own person.
They have brought me up,
to what i am now.
It is my turn,
to do what i want,
see who i want,
and try what i want.
I won't make the same mistakes they did,
I have self control,
I won't ever smoke,
or become an alcoholic.
I won't torture the people i love,
with my dirty habits.
They just want to protect me,
i understand that.
But i don't need so much protection,
i can protect myself too you know.
I have a brain of my own,
I will use it to make decisions,
If i make a wrong one,
I'm sorry.
I will deal with the consequences,
that is how i will learn.
My friends will protect me,
and i will protect them.
That is what friends are for.
Try things together,
and watch over each other.
I am NOT a baby,
I am almost 16.
With the maturity of an 18 year old.
You have said so yourself.
Yet i am held back,
tucked under your thumb still.
Without the freedom i need.
I will be entering the 'real world' soon,
I have an idea what it's like,
no thanks to you.
Just let me be my own person,
let me learn life's lessons on my own.
I am not asking to leave your lives,
I am just asking you to let me make decisions,
that deal with the well-beings of my life.
I still need your guideance,
but i HATE your control.
So loosen your grip on me,
it is my life after all.