GROWING UP
I had to sleep
without a bed
I had to think
the veriest sadest thoughts
in my head.
I had to stand alone
in the night
I had to learn alone
what is right
I had to cry
on my own shoulder
I had to be
too much older . . .
I’m fourteen, going on twenty-two,
and all these things
I still must do
I had to go through time
In a grown-up world
that wasn’t mine.
- - CRONIN DETZZ
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GROWING UP
Written 11/29/79
Inspiration
I was 14 when I wrote this. I was living with my mother and sister,
and for the dozenth time I had no bed. Mom was a bit of a travelling
hippie, and although I love her dearly, being her daughter meant living with
a non-conformist! The joke is that I became the "white sheep" of the
family, because I turned out so normal!