for parents of teenage girls

for parents of teenage girls

Here I am

Back in class

Calculus?

What good is that

I’m going to be a jockey

Or a vet

And I’ve never met

A horse

That needed trigonometry

To get around the course

And anyway

To the case in question

More relevant perhaps

Than things equestrian

I’m fourteen

And it’s Nature

Not nurture rules my head

That sets my soul alight

At just the sight

Of that boy across the room

The one with the tattoo

Boom boom

Our eyes lock

Don’t mock

Don’t tell me

I’m just a child

My heart is wild

I care about

Career

I care about my life

Of course I do

For heavens sake

But give your head a shake

I’m a teen

Remember?

I want to be

Some schoolboy’s dream

I know I’m immature

I know it’s just a stage

But weren’t you ever

My age?

You’ve given me the best

Now trust me

With the rest

And that boy across the room

The one with the tattoo

Whoopy Doo!

Nick Faragher

October 13, 2009