10 going on 25

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"you're so mature for your age!"
"You sound so grown"
"I thought you were so much older"
When I was 10 I would frame these words
Show them off to everyone
18 year old me realized it was
all just backhanded
It was never a good thing
Like it was some code for
"Damn you're fucked up for a kid"
they never meant ill intent
Although looking back
that's exactly
What they meant
I was raised by wolves
I saw the darkest parts of life no child shouldve seen
Naturally I had to adapt
Like life was some sick episode of
"Survivor"
Sometimes I wish I was less mature

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