Don't

Ren Baer 1966 (United States)



Don't try to make me something I am not,
Like the clothes in the window that you just bought,
Don't paint my face that only deceives,
I'm not a mini you but a mini me.
Don't push me so quickly out the door,
I will fall on my face and hit the world's floor.
Don't try to shoot me with your cam,
What's in the image is not who I am.
Don't force me out where I can't understand,
This is no way to teach me how to be a woman.

About this poem

This poem is about parents who push their children to grow up too fast.

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Written on May 29, 2021

Submitted by renspen on April 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABCDDEEFG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 421
Words 100
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10

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