Sweet Sixteen!

I have always been sweet sixteen

How can I be eighteen?

If anyone thinks otherwise, she’s just being mean

Anyway, I almost never create a scene !

I’m so sweet, I’m just meant to be seen

by everyone, including my college Dean!

I’m mostly dressed in a skirt or jeans

Neither will ever spill my beans!

To hide my true age, I’ll try all means

I’ll never grow up; & will forever remain in my teens

Because you see, its all in my genes!

If my mummy hasn’t grown up yet

I cannot get any older, not yet, you bet!

Hence, I’ll always croon & preen

I am only ‘SWEET SIXTEEN’!
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The copyright of this poem is with Mrs. Priya Ramesh Swaminathan