Somewhere In The Middle Poem by Robin Parker

Taken From Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul:

A journey lies ahead
for all teenagers today,
A journey to adulthood
our youth to kiss away.

But as we go we find ourselves
at a truly akward stage,
We're partial, unripe, sketchy and crude
at this tender age.

We're old enough to make a choice
yet still young in many ways,
To young to pack our bags and go
to old to want to stay.

Young enough for fun and games
to old for carefree lives,
Young enough for hopes and dreams
yet for reality we strive.

Old enough for heartfelt pain
to young to find the cure,
To old for childish ways of past
to young to be mature.

Old enough to fall in love
and give our hearts away,
But still too young to understand
just why we feel this way.

We're trusted, loyal, proud and true
yet scolded, sneered and scorned,
Between the role of adult and child
we are somewhere torn.

Like and uncompleted work of art
we're akward, unsure, half-baked,
But be patient please for we are on our way
to becoming something great.