Thirteen.

Today is your special day,

It’s all about you.

You’re finally a teen,

finally you’ll be seen.

You’re no longer a child,

That’s all in your past.

It’s time to grow up,

Wear your hair down,

And use make up.

Don’t let us down,

Don’t make us fools.

You’re old enough

To know better,

Old enough,

To follow the rules,

Happy Birthday

Dear Sister,

Happy Birthday

Young daughter,

You are now 13,

Welcome to teens

Reviews

[lei]

very nice and sweet for our lil darlings..

[Clever Forever]

This is really special:) Nice job!

[Renée]

Cute write for your sis !

[Layla J Omorose]

Thats what I though when I turned into a teen. I thought I would be treated different, like an adult...what did I know. lol but besides that it was a very nice, poem. Good for a birthday poem

[MOON]

Lovely write . Happy Birthday!

[Leslie Philibert]

Great poem that made me think. When does childhood end ? Is it indivdual, or forced upon us by others, by peer groups.
I think we can always grow and change up to the second we no longer live.
Good writing.

[Richy Moon]

Let me just say it's a great poem before i ramble xD
When I was younger, I thought being a teen would be so grand- you get all these new things- a car (In US the driving age is 16), got to go out later in the evening and all this stuff. Now I know, that you won't always come home from a party at midnight safe- maybe you won't return at all. And that your friends leave you. And that you're nearly ready to face all the insainty of the world unsheltered :(
So. in short- don't wish you're life away, like a teacher once told me.

[Laura Storm]

Great poem showing the expectations that all of a sudden fall on children's shoulders when they hit the teens. The instant assumtion that they are have to be perfect rational adults when really they are entering their most irratioinal and sometimes immature time of their live.

[Angelic Surrender]

This is a really nice poem.

[Pax]

growing up is the best part of life