Not even half a century I have lived
Yet I know change
I was once a pigtailed girl with a Band-Aid on each knee
Creating secret kingdoms in the Barbie palace otherwise known as my basement
I was once a teenage girl wearing the wrong shade of lipstick and unaware
Going down crowded hallways, self-conscious about the world
I was once a college student having a midnight study group between pizza and gossip
Partying and studying, sometimes too much of the latter
Now I am a young woman, with wisdom and imagination
Not even half a century I have lived
Yet I know change

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