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"Grow up!" they often tell me.
"Get a life!" they always say.
But.... What do they expect me to do?
Send the innocence away?

I don't understand your logic...
You always said the magic was here...
In this place where my childhood still remains,
With no discomfort, sadness, or fear...

Now I'm 'too old' for things such as fantasy...
'Too far away' from the things I once held dear.
You wonder why I act so awkward now,
When you've left me with nothing here!

I've tried to do your bidding...
I've tried to do as you asked...
But, you know... growing up like you?
....It's not such an easy task.

Don't YOU remember these times?
For you, too, were once my age.
You were once in the spot light like I am now,
Thrust upon center stage.

You chose your dismal course in life.
And now look - how distraught you've become!
Yet now! Even with these memories!
You still force yourselves upon your young!

Telling us lies all about adulthood
When you too, are still nothing more than me -
A helpless child, seeking kindness and friendship
In a world full of selfishness and greed.

Perhaps I'm being thick headed...
And if that's the case? That's too bad.
I'd rather be 'immature' and happy
Than be YOU and be confused and sad.

Don't take your anger out on me!
YOU chose this life you've made!
Leave me alone to my toys and games,
And let me be joyful and merry and gay!

...You can join me, if you wish to.
You're still just a kid, like me.
Come! Take my hand, let's turn back the clock!
Let's go back to the way it should be!

No more masks and no more lies,
Just the good days of the past!
Maybe that's the key to being eternally happy -
Making the good times forever last.

So go ahead, tell me to grow up.
Tell me childhood can only last for a time.
I'll simply nod, but shall not respond...
Except with this little rhyme.

-Laura Dempsey

Description
"Grow up!" they often tell me.
"Get a life!" they always say.
But.... What do they expect me to do?
Send the innocence away?

I don't understand your logic...
You always said the magic was here...
In this place where my childhood still remains,
With no discomfort, sadness, or fear...

Now I'm 'too old' for things such as fantasy...
'Too far away' from the things I once held dear.
You wonder why I act so awkward now,
When you've left me with nothing here!

I've tried to do your bidding...
I've tried to do as you asked...
But, you know... growing up like you?
....It's not such an easy task.

Don't YOU remember these times?
For you, too, were once my age.
You were once in the spot light like I am now,
Thrust upon center stage.

You chose your dismal course in life.
And now look - how distraught you've become!
Yet now! Even with these memories!
You still force yourselves upon your young!

Telling us lies all about adulthood
When you too, are still nothing more than me -
A helpless child, seeking kindness and friendship
In a world full of selfishness and greed.

Perhaps I'm being thick headed...
And if that's the case? That's too bad.
I'd rather be 'immature' and happy
Than be YOU and be confused and sad.

Don't take your anger out on me!
YOU chose this life you've made!
Leave me alone to my toys and games,
And let me be joyful and merry and gay!

...You can join me, if you wish to.
You're still just a kid, like me.
Come! Take my hand, let's turn back the clock!
Let's go back to the way it should be!

No more masks and no more lies,
Just the good days of the past!
Maybe that's the key to being eternally happy -
Making the good times forever last.

So go ahead, tell me to grow up.
Tell me childhood can only last for a time.
I'll simply nod, but shall not respond...
Except with this little rhyme.

-Laura Dempsey