Act Your Age

 I wrote this poem a while ago, seems like when I was 15. I thought it'd be a fitting post around the time my twenties are about to begin.

 

Stop whining to play on the swing,
to slide down the slide,
laughing through the wind.
You're too old for it this time,
Act Your Age.

You still wanna play pretend?
What a weirdo,
If you choose to do that,
I'm not gonna be your friend, 
Act Your Age.

"Too old to play with toys now!"
I don't know who defined that.
I just wanted to buy that plushie-cat.
Contary to my belief, however, now one must
Act Your Age.

Why does she still dress like a child?
With her friends, she still runs wild.
Put that down, You must study now,
You're in high school, you must
Act Your Age.

Whoever said this, however, and most of the time, it is my brain
forgot the most basic thing, the ever so simple thought.
While one is 15 they're also 12,10,8, and 5, are they not?
And so if I ever hear this again, from others or my own head,
I'll tell them, simply put, that there's no reason you must,
Act Your Age.

And so I'll buy a hello kitty, with an encyclopaedia,
I'll build a playhouse for me when I'm 25,
I'll still count to ten and tell my friends to hide,
If you think one must only have fun when they're a child,
Well, I've seen an opposite example all my life,
My father tells me about radioactivity after playing Bloons TD 5,
So, simply put, No, You don't always have to
Act Your Age.