My Denied Secrets

"When I was younger, I would fascinate over the idea of being a grown up. I wanted to stay up late, live on my own and eat chocolate for dinner. I tried to mimic, 'adult-like' things like packing my own school lunches or trying to drink coffee in the mornings. Every morning, I would try a bit of coffee from the cup that my mom made; and every morning, I would sputter in disgust from the bitterness.
"I've never liked coffe much, unless loaded with sugar of course. But, I would drink it practically everyday for years nonetheless. What tasted like a caffeinated drink to most people, was the taste of adulthood for me. There were too many times as a kid, where I would act older than I really was. And now that I look back on those times, I feel regret. I regret not enjoying my role as a imaginative,small human.
"If there was one thing that I miss most from being a kid, it would have to be my imagination. The crazy thoughts that filled my head to make each adventure more magical than anything else. I can faintly recall some of these magical adventures, that I would partake in with the other neighborhood kids.
"There was a point in time where the neighborhood kids and I stopped going on these adventures. No one had really planned for it, or expected it to happen, it just kind of ended. There were a lot of things that came to an end that no one likes to acknowledge; but sometimes things have to end in order for there to be a new beginning."