mcfrick2

Wait for us to be young again

To fall in love with all our friends

With toys, with crayons, with life back then

We welcomed the world with open arms

We fell asleep in our parents cars

Kindergarten doesn't seem so far

But it is no longer who we are

Open your eyes and shed a tear

Realize that that life's not here

The boys will gawk or laugh at you

The girls will hate you through and through

They boys will now grope, forget to caress

The girls don't play ponies at recess

We forgot how to live, forgot how to love

We forgot the call of the mourning dove

Our childhood is gone

But we still live on

We've lost our old selves

We grew up all wrong

But maybe, some day

We'll find our old ways

If I just close my eyes

I don't remember much of my childhood.

I remember bits and pieces and pictures and moments

I remember the lock in for girl scouts

I remember the church we stayed at

I remember the room full of toys we were just too old to use

I remember the awful dinner topped off with thin mints

I remember the games and stations we played at till 10

I remember the rope bracelets we weaved and melt at the ends

But most of all

I remember you

I remember your shiny glasses

I remember your long silken hair

I remember your shimmering braced smile

I remember your sweet laugh

And you laughing at me

I remember feeling so so lost

I remember you leaving me behind

I remember the movie you all watched without me

I remember the tv glowing as I cried myself to sleep

Maybe I've forgotten things for a reason

Maybe the girl I was that day didn't want to remember

But the moments I do remember made me who I am

The good and the bad

Each memory a thread