20 Y.O., Poem, Isaael Sanchez

I’m entering a new kind of home

A whole new group, yet so alone I meet my dreams for the first time

Yet tryna find a place in these lines And even now, I am just talking to whoever listens

Hoping to find those who share my vision This is how it is 20 years old

Truly starting to come into my own

Now I can say that grown

Now I got responsibilities and much more I need to know Like there are rules I unlock when the clock strikes twelve

But that’s the thing about being 20, there are some thoughts you can’t let dwell

It can be so easy to become stuck in the pressure, to go back into your shell

The old way you used to be, the comfortability

Reminiscing on the ease, the nostalgia of living life in the breeze

But now you’re seeing how you never really were free

So to be 20, is to define me

To cut loose the bad habits that suppressed me To experiment, and express all sides of me

To enjoy every step I take on the path with me Truly, undeniably, sincerely, honestly, unapologetically,

From me to me,

Welcome to your 20s

Isaael Sanchez