Big Kids Poem by Annabeth Prior

This isn't originally by me. I'm just posting it because it speaks to me, this is what my life is turning into. I can see it happening before my eyes, and I can't stop it. Our whole childhood we're made to believe that being a 'big kid' is fun, that being a big kid will be the best years of your life. I know I'm not in senior year yet but I almost am and I feel like a big kid, My friend whom is just like Dillon is getting more and more depressed in his realationship and I said this once and he made me cry because of his harsh words and because he 'knows what's best' and my friend that's like Michelle, we don't talk, she's in a different clique and goes to parties and has unprotected sex. The point is being a big kid isn't so great, it's not all about parties and having fun with friends with a few easy exams it's so much more than that and we aren't told that so as a child we all can't wait to grow up. But how do you tell a child that growing up sucks, that being a big kid sucks? How do you shatter their dreams like that? No one wants too so no one does and so they'll believe it. We loose friends that were once so close to us and it makes our heart ache when you see them and think, it seems like yesterday that we were best friends, now look at us. When you get to middle school you realise that there are lots of exams and you get worried but you're also told that no one hates each other and theres no drama, that everyone is friends. So you're still being lied too.