text: i need help writing my speech for my sweet 15 and i have no idea what to say. any help anyone?   try a poem.  here's an example of a teen poem:  growing up © by melissa s. rawls  life is so easy when you are young. when kisses heal boo-boos and lullabies are sung. it seemed that life could go on for years, as long as the nightlight was there to quiet our fears. why does growing up have to be so hard? when did the world become bigger than our own back yard? there is no more recess to stop the stress of the school day. there are no more falling stars that can take our worries away. decisions are more complicated now that we are grown, why cant we go back to when life was our own?