I loved a girl once
She was interesting to say the least
She loved to put flowers in her hair and dance in the rain
She preferred tea and vinyl records to a new dress and heels
She would sing lilac lullabies, wisting me to sleep
We were happy
But then she changed
The girls around her began to transform and so she thought she would too
So, she traded her converse for heels
Sold her books to get lipstick
And she shrunk
Her full plump face, slowly began shrinking and thinning
She would sit and cut the five leaves of lettuce she’s having for breakfast that day, and lunch and dinner
Her big, brown eyes that were filled with wonder quickly became shrunken marbles lodged in her sockets
She would smile less as boys didn't like girls who smiled too much
I saw the watercolor world we lived in slowly turn a light shade of tin
And when I finally asked her “What did you do?”
She simply responded “I grew up, you should too”