The inevitable
Time
Ticking by
It seems to speed up
The older I get
The closer I get
To passing through
The bewildering
Magnificent archway
Of eighteen.
I don’t want to
I’ll get more prepared
And the dread will lessen
Then I’ll realize
Three years away
Two years away
A year and a half away
Two more summers
One more Halloween
One more Christmas season
Then
The inevitable
I owe it to my family
To be a normal person
To grow up
I can’t be a child
Forever
They console me
You’ll get into college
You’ll figure it out
You’ll make friends
You’ll remember
To eat
Shower
And sleep
You’ll learn to live
Among strangers
You’ll conquer your fears
But that’s not
The point
The point is
I have never
Spent
More than a night
Without someone taking care of me
I’ve had sleepovers
I’ve even stayed for weeks
At my grandparent’s house
But they took care of me
And now I’ll be
All
Alone
The inevitable
The point is
There’s nothing
To anticipate
How can I
When I have
No
Idea
What it will be like
The inevitable
The point is
I’m not an adult
I don’t feel like a teen
I’m a child
I find easter eggs
With a ten and an
Eleven year old
I go trick-or-treating
I love bubbles
And sugar
And imaginary play
I feel too ancient
To be me
Eighteen
Only
A Halloween away.
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