Maybe When You’re Older

I am almost sixteen

But still seen as an infant

Someone who is simplistic

And afraid of commitment

I can't make decisions for myself

I appear to always need a guardian's help

Sure I need to find my life career

But God forbid if I pierce my ear

I better not be lazy

Better think things through

Because according to you

At the age of thirteen

I need to know what college I am going to

But hold on

Politics is something

That I wish to have a voice in?

That I may actually have an opinion

When it comes to the rights of women?

Well that's too far

I need to stop acting out

I mean when it comes to topics like these

They are obviously things

That I know nothing about

But where is your logic in that?

I am expected to have my life

Completely planned out and decided

But when it comes to other countries and their strife

My views are just misguided

My academic sights

Needs to be beyond superior

But any opinion I have on LGBT rights

Is always considered inferior

Maybe if you opened your eyes

You would finally realize

That the fact of how old I am

Does not correlate

With what I am able to understand

I apologize

But I did not realize

That being young

Automatically made me dumb