Growing Up (Teenager)

Up one minute, down the next

Hormones racing out of whack

Your life played out in new context

And knowing there’s no going back

A sea of emotions that swallow you up

With you alone on that tempest sea

As what was sure crumbles away

And leaves you clinging desperately

Down through that whirlpool you must pass

And knowing there’s no going back

Relinquish hold on carefree past

To find what courage you still lack

And though you will be tossed about

And bruised by changes yet unseen

You’ll find your true self on this route

And new pillars on which to lean