Her notepad poems:
When I Grow Up Poem

When I grow up

What do I want to be like, when I grow up

I will try to be strong, and not give up

Be proud of myself, hold my head up
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I want to be brave, and not throw up

Not lose my temper, never blow up

Do what I am told, always turn up

Help other people, cheer them up

But now I'm old, and still not grown up
Dean Thorpe
To Dean Thorpe one of the worst things that could ever happen to him would be becoming a sensible and responsible grown up, luckily those are things has no intention of ever becoming, as you can see from this photo!!!

To Dean Thorpe one of the worst things that could ever happen  would be becoming a sensible and responsible grown up, as you can see from this photo!!!

About This Poem

I am in my early forties now and I still don't feel like a "grown up", I am not sure if I ever will! I am just over 4 years away from being 50 years old and that scares the crap out of me! There are so many things I wanted to do in life, so many places I wanted to go, but due to my health problems I don't know if I will ever do it now.


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  1. Her notepad poems: Introduction
  2. Her notepad poems: Being free to be me
  3. Her notepad poems: Big metal box
  4. Her notepad poems: Blue lights in the mirror
  5. Her notepad poems: Christmas thoughts
  6. Her notepad poems: Cold and grey in the UK
  7. Her notepad poems: Colours of my life
  8. Her notepad poems: Computers are a pain
  9. Her notepad poems: Concept of happiness
  10. Her notepad poems: Crowds all around me
  11. Her notepad poems: Derailed train of thought
  12. Her notepad poems: Eh Ju Kay Shon
  13. Her notepad poems: Evil people around us
  14. Her notepad poems: Exploring the woods
  15. Her notepad poems: Feel the pain
  16. Her notepad poems: Feeling alone
  17. Her notepad poems: First true love
  18. Her notepad poems: Fluffy little tails
  19. Her notepad poems: Fluidity / genderfluid
  20. Her notepad poems: Free school parking
  21. Her notepad poems: Frozen moment in time
  22. Her notepad poems: Gay Pride
  23. Her notepad poems: Going to Disneyland Paris
  24. Her notepad poems: Hand beside me
  25. Her notepad poems: I hate you
  26. Her notepad poems: Illusion of life
  27. Her notepad poems: Just another dumb animal
  28. Her notepad poems: Just be
  29. Her notepad poems: Life of a photographer
  30. Her notepad poems: Life of a snowflake
  31. Her notepad poems: Light from another world
  32. Her notepad poems: Lurking in the darkness
  33. Her notepad poems: Maybe I am going mad
  34. Her notepad poems: Mindfulness
  35. Her notepad poems: Normality
  36. Her notepad poems: Not going mad this Christmas
  37. Her notepad poems: Opening my mind
  38. Her notepad poems: Out there
  39. Her notepad poems: Passion or prayer
  40. Her notepad poems: Perfect man
  41. Her notepad poems: Psyonic dreams
  42. Her notepad poems: Raindrops on the window
  43. Her notepad poems: Red is the colour of blood
  44. Her notepad poems: Roller coaster rider
  45. Her notepad poems: Scared Little Girl
  46. Her notepad poems: Scared to be alone
  47. Her notepad poems: Second by second
  48. Her notepad poems: Side effect of Doctors
  49. Her notepad poems: Silence closes in
  50. Her notepad poems: Sometimes
  51. Her notepad poems: Some people
  52. Her notepad poems: Storm
  53. Her notepad poems: Strange creatures
  54. Her notepad poems: Stranger beside me
  55. Her notepad poems: Sugar excess
  56. Her notepad poems: Tick and the tock
  57. Her notepad poems: Time flies by
  58. Her notepad poems: Trapped in the Summer
  59. Her notepad poems: Trust in terror media
  60. Her notepad poems: Watching death poem
  61. Her notepad poems: Westwood House
  62. Her notepad poems: When I grow up
  63. Her notepad poems: When munchies attack
  64. Her notepad poems: Who Do I Trust
  65. Her notepad poems: Why I go to Pride
  66. Her notepad poems: Why me
  67. Her notepad poems: You are my reason