Give me back my teenage years

Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live?

I missed them first time round

Totally lacking confidence

I missed out on that age.

I didn’t go to parties

Too shy to talk to girls

Not much into music

My only interest sport.

Even there a failure

Would never make the team

Excellent in the playground

But on the pitch too quiet.

Tried hard with my schoolwork

But mostly keeping up

Gave up on difficult subjects

Never spoke up in class.

I never wore my hair long

Or wore outrageous clothes.

As for controversial views

I kept them to myself.

If this sounds pathetic

I must tell you that I was

And missing out those teenage years

Will have a consequence.

Those years are for experiment

To make mistakes, grow up.

Miss out on that development

And it will catch you up.

I tried to live life backwards

Get back those missing years

But later life’s an awful time

To find that you missed out.

Published by Andrew Green