i wanna be a little girl forever.
or at least for a little longer, please.
i need more than two months,
at least just one more year, please.
i can’t be grown.
i can’t leave high school.
i don’t know what i’m doing,
hold my hand.
here you, take my other,
be little with me just a little longer.
we can jump in puddles and wear princess
pajamas and ask our moms for the
sleepover to last one more night
we can buy our first makeup again.
teach each other how to wear eyeliner (we were wrong),
tell our first secrets,
have our first crushes and heartbreaks
be a teenage girl with me again.
we can have our first kisses all over again,
this time with a little less spit.
buy our first big girl purchases, pick out our
outfits for the first day of high school and
maybe rethink those fishnets under the jeans.
hold my hand, i’m not too old for it yet.
hug me again, i promise i won’t squirm.
don’t let go.
give me a piggyback ride one more time,
i’m not too tall. please don’t let me be too big.
hold my hand, i’m wobbly on these high heels.
i still walk like i did when i was a little girl.
i’m still a little girl,
don’t let go.
please wear bows in your hair with me.
please don’t let me grow out of anything.
don’t let me grow out of you.
hold my hand, just for a little longer.
just don’t let me do it alone.
don’t let me leave.
don’t leave,
let’s just be little for a little longer.
please?
