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my childhood

Was quite
Intriguing

Quite exciting

Quite sad.

It was filled
With abundant waters
That cascaded down my cheeks

Of echoes
Of laughter
That sought the mountain's
Appraisal

Of rants
That made the rats squeaked
For my intolerable
Importune attitude

Yet
Those were long gone
Or were they?

I haven't seem to realize
How easy time
Passes by

For never really
Getting tired
Of reminiscing
The past that already
Left my side

But
Age seems to secure
That I'll never forget
Everything
As it gives epiphanies
For a while
As it joins
Past
a few hours
Later

Then sends
Message to the future
That I'm coming

That we all are
Aren't we?

Because
Some choose to stay
Some remains
To be a child
Forever

By closing their eyes
Beneath the ground

By choosing not to grow up
Because they weren't able to
Because they
No longer needed
Growing up

Afraid
Of change
But the truth is
The priviledge
That was given
To them
To live and grow
Was taken away

Some were always a child
Because they choose to
To remain thinking
They could
Be as reckless
As they are
By telling anything
Even if the consequence
Could make a wound
Straight to the heart

Fragile heart

I said I'd open my eyes
To grow
And be mature
But whenever I do that
I can't help but
Think and blink-back
Tears

For allowing myself
Grow so fast
And miss the fun already

I guess that's the
Challenge

That we all grow up
That we all
Become what we are supposed to be

That we are
Capable of opening our
Eyes
To see change

And making decisions
To remain and be child forever
Or grow
Be old but wiser

We all grow
Just like trees
Just like the waves
In a storm

We might get lashed
Or get struck by
Lightning

But new branches
Beautiful leaves
Bluer waves
Louder hit on the shore

Will give us another
Hope

And we grow
And live

In our own
Right time

In perfect timing