Seventeen

they will never have you like this again

pretty and fresh

empty stomached, open palm

you are adventurous

having been nowhere

drunk on life

but cannot buy a beer

they will write songs about you

and wide eyed you will listen to them

eat what they give you from their hands

make their little a lot

their nothings into somethings

and in turn they will call you woman

to hide how much they like you as little girl

they will never want you like this again

pretty and easy

painfully, blindingly easy

seventeen

by Sariah Lake