I am sixteen ... (light relief)

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Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

0 posted 2006-10-01 12:30 PM

I am sixteen going past sixty
and had a belated birth
for only one man on this planet earth
said, “Wake up - you’re now a girl!”

Totally unprepared was I
for things beyond my Ken,
Tom, Dick, and Harry and even a Ben
who came out of nowhere then.

I am sixteen going past sixty
and I cannot reconcile
feelings and mind that don’t coincide
down there at the point of life.

Here is a girl of sixteen years
completely in love with you
with eyes on the blue, the blue, blue, blue
until you age backwards too.

I am sixteen going past sixty;
who will change places, please
being me, you see, is quite an ordeal
in skin of the elderly!

Helen / 1 October 2006

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

1 posted 2006-10-01 01:05 PM

Well, I have decided to be 16 foreverly but with the wisdom of a sixty-year-old! I just avoid looking in mirrors! Anyway, they have been known to lie!

Love the "light relief"!

Happy hugs 'n thoughts,
Linda

sandgrain
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since 1999-09-21

Posts 3662
Sycamore, IL, USA

2 posted 2006-10-01 03:08 PM

I like this. It makes me think of all the 60 year olds who try to look 16 with the face lifts and tummy tucks, etc. Age is only a state of mind for the most part.

Rae

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

3 posted 2006-10-01 04:24 PM

Thanks, Linda - I think I'll join your club "16 foreverly" as long as their are definitely no mirrors allowed!

Rae - Thanks for the read. I don't believe in messing with nature even though nature here could do with some help.

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2006-10-01 04:57 PM

Hi Helen..
This was so cute..and reminded me of the song from The Sound of Music..
"I am sixteen going on seventeen"

Guess I'm like Peter Pan...I don't want to ever grow up! LOL.

Hugs~Nancy

~Time has cast a spell on you,
So that you won't ever forget me.~

time prophet
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since 2003-07-30

Posts 371
In New Zealand Amongst the Ancient Trees

5 posted 2006-10-01 05:37 PM

Always knew you were younger than you said. Don't think I ever got past Alice Coopers 18 when he said,

Lines form on my face and my hands
Lines form on the left and right
I'm in the middle
the middle of life
I'm a boy and I'm a man
I'm eighteen and I LIKE IT.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

6 posted 2006-10-01 07:22 PM

Thanks, Nancy - yes, I had that song in my head at the time of writing but wish it didn't have to be changed to suit the circumstances.

Frank - I couldn't wait to be 18 but gone in a flash it was - such a pity. I'll just have to go backwards and stick with the invisible 16 but, if memory serves me right, your 18 can be seen.

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