My Wish For You: The End of the Innocence of Childhood

A tribute to all those who are in the difficult process of growing up.

This academic year, I not only say goodbye to summer

I also say goodbye to my childhood innocence forever

I will never again have the freedom I did in years past

My thoughts during this time is why did it fly so fast

As I say hello to my brand new notebooks and folders

I sit by my old bed wishing for once I hadn’t grown older

The older you get the harder it always is to say goodbye

I just curl up in a corner of a bright yellow wall and cry

I still remember the very day my dad broke ground here

When what this house would look like brought us all cheer

I still remember our first Christmas as a family in this place

How my parents both surprised me bringing joy to my face

This room was not just four walls to me, it was my own home

It was my thinking place where my thoughts used to roam

I remember playing dolls with my friends on this rose floor

But this room I saw as a safe haven is mine own no more

That tiny white mobile home that I once grew up in is now gone

But the warm memories it left inside me will always be fond

These memories will live on in me for many great years to come

I will forever tell my future family about this place where I am from

I will tell them many different stories about bravery, faith, and love

They will learn about a house that was built with strength from above

I thank my heavenly father for providing me with this beautiful home

And the love that I once felt there, which was as strong as a bone 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

This speaks measures...the heartfelt emission in each and every stanza...no holding back and letting the words speak for themselves...type of write...you display the home...your home as a right of passage and the times you've had in the dwelling...ditto to that...good read...