I got a pair of Starburys when I was ten.
Didn't want them,
I actually wanted some Heelys instead.
Wanted to be like my friends
and trip over pebbles
and get tucked into bed with band-aids.
My mom told me to stop focusing on their plates and look at mine.
I had a fork, spoon, and knives,
grown man portions: eyes the size of my stomach.
She was right --
I never liked training wheels, or cheat codes,
or elbow pads or nightlights.
Grown men aren't scared to fall,
so why am I?
Why am I twenty years old shopping on the Heelys website?
I really wish I was a kid again,
But, it's really shocking,
because I've waited so long to grow up.
I was so wrong to believe
that adulthood was a great place to go hiking.
I really wish I was a kid again.
However, all my goals I've yet to achieve
Make these unknown trails so very enticing,
because I've waited so long to grow up.
Even though I was incredibly naive,
If I said I wouldn't go back, even for a day, I'd be lying.
I really wish I was a kid again.
Time is a thug in a band of thieves,
Who always stole, but I was never crying,
because I've waited so long to grow up.
Aging is a quilt some will never want to weave,
But I want to make more than one. Honestly,
I really wish I was a kid again,
because I've waited so long to grow up.
We're not kids anymore, and it's bittersweet.
We've changed; I'm not bitter. I pray you're not.
Along the way, we forget that we have to grow up,
and grow apart.
My mother told me life is ever changing seasons,
Winter isn't Spring, and Fall isn't Summer.
Is it not foolish to wear a fur in the rain,
or a swimsuit in the snow?
Seasons will shift on their own,
and we are nothing but clouds.
It is not so wrong to assume
we were only passing through.