These skills that you continued to hone,

Look back see how far you’ve grown,

Growing up ain’t easy,

Change is hard,

It might make you queasy,

It may leave you scarred,

Put another book back on the shelf if it fits,

You may not recognize yourself if you don’t gather your wits,

Once you close that chapter of your life you can’t get it back,

The pain hurts like a knife, but you gotta move on to another stack,

As you grow older you forget,

 There is no room left for regret,

The moment is over as soon as  you lived it,

Today gives way to yesterday, and tomorrow will never be today,

The candle burns as soon as it is lit,

As time will always have its way.