Teen Year Meditation

Looking into the mirror
I see to my surprise,
A completely different person
Staring deep into my eyes.

The Carefree little girl
I saw at four or five
Has now become a young woman
Fighting to survive.

In this world filled with madness
That surrounds me everyday,
It;s frightening to think
I could be killed for what i say.

Remembering a time so long ago
Picnics, swings sets, and water-parks
A time when i didn't worry
about others remarks.

It's scary
That time passes so fast,
An what i used to call the present has
now become the past,

And when i look into the mirror,
What i see looking back at me,
Is the face of an ambitious young woman
where the little girl used to be.