Growing Up

a poem

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Another year gone,

A step on the ladder,

Still, I grow.

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Terrified of thirty,

But always the actor,

Another year gone.

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Numbers up on the scale,

My waist getting fatter,

Still, I grow.

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Pursuing my passion,

Just dying to matter,

Another year gone.

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Loneliness hurts like

a heart that is shattered,

Still, I grow.

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Lost in nostalgia,

Don’t start the next chapter,

Another year gone.

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Accept or deny,

Which one would I rather?

Another year gone,

Still, I grow.