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Demachic — You're Growing up too Fast
Published: 2011-07-06 23:57:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 87011; Favourites: 4315; Downloads: 0
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EDIT: It has been brought to my attention by a commenter that the 'randomly placed apostrophes' were throwing off the flow.
So I removed em. THERE WILL BE NO PUNCUATION. This will be a continueing trend throughout the rest of my poetry. I've seen the light and old habits die hard.
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Poem about people acting older than they are, or wanting to be older, not taking the time to enjoy themselves while they're what they are. =]
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Boy this is so true. I look at my students and my daughter and I shake my head thinking about how one day, they'll wish they could go back to this carefree time and savor every moment of it. I loved my childhood and would love to be able to go back. I did not want to grow up. Beautiful work.
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ah, I'm still very young. (lets just say i'm under 17) and I know my friends would LOVE to be older. Hah, I remember 3rd grade and everyone wanted to drive cars and complain about parents and date.
and we were 7. everyone wants to grow up, then parents complain they wanna be young again. Very good poem
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This poem speaks so much truth. It's something everybody should see and know about.
This somehow reminds me of when my class was being pessimistic and our English teacher said "you're young, be optimistic."
The poem is wonderful, great job!
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Oh, I wish I was back in grade school. So much.
<3
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Really true, do you feel like you are old? i dont :3
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This made it to the front page! Congratulations
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You're welcome
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this has really touched me. great words.
I keep getting told i need to 'grow up' by my friends, which annoys me a great deal since i don't think it is that important to 'grow up'. I'm actually a lot 'further on' in life than most of them; own my own house, steady job, steady relationship with talk of children... yes i like cosplay, anime, video games, just about anything belonging to the sci fi or fantasy genre... i get excited by the harry potter films. i still like pokemon! who cares. i also pay taxes, try to look after my family, and i try not to hide from any problems that may be scary.
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Its true. I do live each dau like there will be no tomarow but i cant help if i act/look older then i am.
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Oh my god, I know! It really bothers me, adults complain all the time about how life is hard and that they wish they were still young and that we should enjoy our youth but then they make us grow up even faster then we have too. I don't want to start now. I don't want ot have responsibility just yet. I want to be stupid, have fun, & to be happy. In the end the majority of my life would be work work work. Not yet. And yes that was an angsty teen comment HA!
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this is very true, i actuly hate growing up since i really thinked about it.
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I remember that this is how I felt at 16. It has always made me sad that people want to be old so quick, cuz they don't seem to know what they have and how easy it actually /was/ for them.
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Yes! exactly! Like how everybody seems to expect teenagers to have a job and act like adults. We're not, not yet. I'll get a job when school is over. Now I'm gonna enjoy being between childhood and adulthood, thank you very much.
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it's nice but the randomly placed apostrophes throw off the flow :/
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What do you mean randomly placed?
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This is so sad.. I am still young but life was Way easier when I was younger.... This is a very beautiful poem
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Childhood was horrible for me, but I get where you're coming from. It is nice to be in the constant companionship of love and fun.
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Your poem is wonderful...
I'm young now but before read your poem I've always wish to grow up fast, just 'cause I don't have the freedom that I like to have... Thank you, for now I'll stop to wish to grow up fast.
Thank you so much... Now I have to study more and hard!
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THIS. This is perfect and very true, especially in today's society where kids are getting older younger.
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I want to translate it in Myanmar
may I ?
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I love this
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The moment I went 20 was horrible, and this was just some months ago...I already feel like I've missed so damn much in my life. Life was so f*cking easy when I was 16 or 17. There was nothing to worry about, except my grades in school and some heartaches from time to time. And now I have to think about getting a job, earning money, running through the town in hurry for stupid appointments...All the crappy adult stuff. It's sad
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I've been told i act too young for my age. I miss the days when every one would come out and play.
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All of my younger cousins, age 13-14, are trying to grow up far too fast. I like to tell them that adult life sucks pretty bad once you realize that you tried to hard to make it come along faster. I'm 24, and I don't regret not wearing makeup in high school, going to the movies with friends on Fridays instead of drinking underage, and waiting until I was mentally AND physically ready to choose a partner to make love to. I do have regrets. Like pushing my parents away at time because "they weren't cool enough and were too stupid to understand", rushing how to move out and away from them, and not taking advice because I thought I knew it all.
Kids need to learn to be kids. It's not a bad thing, but they need to realize that some of their choices will make life so much harder because they so badly want to "grow up".
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Did you notice, that when you're young you wanna be older, yet when you're old you wanna be young.
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I'm 18 and I still play with lego's and collect stuffed animals
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been growed up >.> it sucks D:
too much suck.
i wish i was a kid again lol
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This is awesome! I completely agree with its message... my youth I believe now has passed, though I am indeed still young in this life...
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My friends make fun of me, because I still watch cartoon Network, because I still collect toys and keep stuffed toys in my room :/ guess what? I'm 15 and they're 13-14 -.-
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I... I love this poem.
This is what I've always wondered with our generation!
I love being a kid!
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I always tell people my age "you're not so old, look at me, at times I act as if I were 5 and I enjoy life!"
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This reminds me of the person who used to be my best friend. We're the same age, and it's like she "outgrew me" and called everything I did immature. That's no fun, if you ask me.
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So much truth!
I wish we could all calm down and not be expected to grow up and get out so fast
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Very true.
Thank you for reminding me of this~
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So fucking amazing, and the most cool of it all is the fact that is true... I think i'm gonna blow some bubbles.
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I act older than I am sometimes, but only because I have been through stuff most people my age dont even take time to think about. I'm only fourteen, but my eyes have already been opened to the evils of the world, and my naivity has been stripped away. I just can't take joy in some of the things in youth.
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I don't wanna grow up........The prospect is depressing to me. 
Great poem. 'Tis very true.
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I take a little bit of time out of every day just to act me, since sometimes the stress of a day makes me act like a grumpy middle-aged woman (that in which I am not).
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Growing old is mandatory.
Growing up is optional.
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