I Don't Want To Get My License Poem by Bailadora P

I don't want to get my license
Cause if I do I will be grown
I'll drive away from a childhood
I'm not ready to outgrow
My life will have begun
But I'll be all alone
I'm not really scared of driving
I'm afraid of growing old.

My parents know I'm scared
They think they know just how I feel
They think I have anxiety
About crashing an automobile
I haven't bothered to correct them
I keep these thoughts concealed
Cause saying them out loud
Just makes them feel so real

I don't want to graduate
Cause I'm not ready to acknowledge
That I'm not ready for what comes next
I'm not perfect, I'm not polished
It won't be long before I'm gone
Off at some strange college
Where nothing good is certain
And there's no future you can promise

They say that I'm so smart
But I know that that's a lie
I know better than to think
I'm smart enough for life
The world is full of evil
And I'm not strong enough inside
I'm clinging to my childhood
Cause I'm not strong enough for life

I don't want to get my license
But I don't want to fail the test
I'm scared to disappoint
And people want me to progress
I know that time won't stop
But when it flies I feel so stressed
I guess I'll get my license
I'm too frightened to protest.