I’m looking in a mirror,
and this face I see,
Tall with dark features,
at the age of sixteen.
At the age of sixteen,
I have seen the world.
The people, the faces,
the boys and girls.
At the age of sixteen,
I haven’t been far from home.
But I’ve made some friends,
and I’m not alone.
At the age of sixteen,
I’m aware what’s right.
What’s wrong in this world,
the hate and the strife.
But at the age of sixteen,
what confuses me still.
Is how you have children,
on your own free will.
But don’t care for them,
and spread your charade to we.
But I see behind the curtains,
And I’m only sixteen.
I’m only sixteen,
and I see what you do.
I’m behind the acts,
I’m standing beside you.
I’m screaming in your ears,
“Oh, don’t you see?!
The mess you’ve made?”
And I’m only sixteen.
I’m only sixteen,
I manage a life.
I have two jobs,
I am not a wife.
But I am sixteen,
and for a while back there.
I saw your kids more,
and gave them more care.
I am only sixteen,
I will be seventeen soon.
But I’m not stupid,
and I see what you do.