Cathye,
©2003 Susan Noyes Anderson, His Children, Vantage Point Press
photograph ©2003 Anita Schiller
Don’t mess with me
Don’t crowd my space
You’re in my way
You’re in my face
I won’t be you
I can’t be me
I’m moving out
I’m breaking free
Have some respect
This is no stage
You’re not in charge
I’m legal age
Don’t preach at me
I’ll just say no
My life is calling
Gotta go
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Although the young person thinks rebellion is an act of independence, it actually never is. It is really an act of dependency. – Carl E. Pickhardt, PhD.
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Susan Noyes Anderson
Susan Noyes Anderson is the author of At the End of Your Rope, There’s Hope, Deseret Book, ©1997; Awaken Your Spiritual Power: The Fairy Godmother Isn’t Coming!, Karisma Press, ©1999; and His Children (poetry only, photos are by Anita Schiller), Vantage Point Press, ©2003.