SIXTEEN

When I was 6 I constantly thought
Ten additional years and I'll be sixteen.
The ideal age when you can go out with boys
The ideal age when you can wear make-up,
The ideal age when you can hang out till nine or ten.

The perfect age when you have oodles of
Books to carry home from school
The perfect age when you can kiss
It all seems like a dream or an adventure

Now that I'm sixteen
I wish that I was six for a second time
The blameless age when you are not heart broken
And perplexed over boys
The innocent age when you don't get pimples or acne

The innocent age when you aren't teased
About the way you kiss
I wonder how it'll be when I turn 21.