Crescendo presents..."Cat's In The Cradle".

How Old am I?

"How old are you?" someone once asked.
Why do you want to know? I replied.
"What do you like?" They then responded.
What difference does it make I silently wondered.

All you need to know of me, I sighed;
Is what I really feel inside.
Only they didn't want to know that when they asked.
So, once again I silently cried.

What difference does it make what I look like?
Is it for our looks that me they like?
Or is it that they are curious about the inner me
Who truly yearns to be set free.

Who do they love?
Is it the us inside or the me on the out?
How do you know what we are like?
When all into one you want to shove?

I am several together and several apart,
But we all like as one for we have but one heart.
One soul and one body shared by all twelve
The ones that developed and the ones left behind.

Some are as old as time and others are in life's prime.
Still others are young and full of fear
Especially when those who demand
Our blending are near.

How dare you ask me such personal questions?
When all along you demand I follow your suggestions.
What happened to freedom of choice and expression?
Just to live free would be such a blessing.

You do not need to know of me
If there are twelve or one inside
But how I feel and if I can control my life
Not if we are one or twelve inside.

You know, we take great pride
In life and love and likes.
Let us live in peace we twelve inside
All you really need to know is how we feel inside, I cried.

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