Thoughts and Things

Don't you dare

I know I'm not all grown up

and I know I don't know everything.

I don't claim to be perfect

because I make mistakes.

But please,

please,

please don't treat me like a child.

I know I'm still a kid

and I'm not done growing up

but I still know things

and I still understand a lot more

than you think.

I make plenty of mistakes,

but don't condemn me for it.

I say things I don't mean

and I'm sorry.

I try to fix things

and I make things worse.

But don't you dare

for even one second

think that it was on purpose.

Don't you dare

act like my problems

are not as big as yours.

Don't you dare tell me about the things you've been through

and act like I've been through nothing.

I've been through plenty.

I've got my own war stories as well,

if you'd listen.

Don't you dare think

that everything is perfectly fine with me

because I'm smiling.

And don't you dare say that my life is a piece of cake.

Because it's not.