I've been thinking lately how great it was to be young. To not know about the complications, let downs, and grief that comes along with growing older.
I want to think M&M's are better than money, because you can eat them. I long for days when life was simple, when all I knew were colors, number, patterns, and rhymes. But it didn't bother me because I didn't know what I didn't know and I didn't care. I want to be happy because I don't know what should make me upset. I want to think that the world is fair and everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible.
Sometimes, while i was maturing, I learned too much. I've learned of love, hate prejudice, child abuse, illness, pain, and racism. I want to be six. I want to think that everyone including myself will live forever, because I don't know of death. I want to be oblivious to the complexity of life and be overly excited by the little things. I want to be naive enough tot think that If I'm happy, so is everyone else. I remember no seeing the world as whole, but rather being aware of the little things that concern me directly. I want to wonder what i''ll do when i grow up and what I'll be, who i'll be and not worry about what i'll do when it doesn't work out...
I want to be six again
Friday, November 2, 2007
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