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Grow Up You Say?

February 17, 2015
By Amani3D PLATINUM, New Castle, Delaware
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Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed by the masses.

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You want me to grow up but I'm not allowed to act my age. You want me to get out the house but when I ask you never have time or money. These things I'm okay with. I've learned to live with it. But when I am asked to live my life the way I want to live it and I am constatnly criticized and question my choices, I am hurt. You say you respect my choices yet I can't even pick my own pair of glasses withiut being questioned. I can't wear what I want to wear without being criticized and if we keep going down this path then I will never be who I want to be. 

© Matt F., Pierz, MN

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