When I was a kid

Which I guess I still am 

I had time to feel alive

Wonder and dream

Feelings, Thoughts would arrive

My smile would gleam.

Friday was freedom

A WHOLE weekend ahead!

We’d run and have fun

“Let’s Never go to bed!”

Now we stare at our phones

Hoping for an invite 

Finishing homework

Just getting through the night

Christmas was filled with magic

excitement and wonder

Of Santa and his elves, 

Each year we’d grow fonder.

Now we wait for a feeling

That never seems to come

Perhaps a flutter in our stomach

Now Santa seems dumb

Our birthdays were great!

Another year older

We dreamed of 12 when we were eight

I guess we thought we’d get bolder

These days we dread them

It means time to let go

The thought of growing older

Makes us think no no no

If only time could stop

Cause Growing up is strange

Or I could go back

I hate the thought of this change

I’m not ready to say goodbye

To the kid I used to be

But I guess some day

Letting go will let me find me.