Welcome Me, Adulthood

by Christina Cooper 

Welcome me, Adulthood, I have ventured 
through childhood with all the wonders and dangers in it.

I have placed my childhood fantasies aside, 
and picked up hopes of becoming who I want to be. 

Embrace me knowledge, 
I am ready to know more and add to what I know already. 
I have conquered my fear of the night, 
now I only fear of becoming nothing. 

I have stopped pretending to be what I thought I was going to be, 

and realized that I am only what I make of myself. 

I have come down from the land of make-believe, 
and I have found the strength to believe in me. 
So when I come upon you, open your arms, 
and welcome me, Adulthood, 
for I am headed your way.