I Saw Me Then...

These old pages
with pictures of young kids
take me back to that time
and remember what it was like

I saw myself, littler and chubbier
a little more stupider
a little less knowledgeable
and just a little more innocent

I saw myself chase my friends
around the school playground
using sticks as guns
and the groups we were once bound

There used to be different worlds
light sabers, laser blasters, and portals
trillions of troops under my command
and the best partner a commander could have

So many different things happened to me
over the course of six or seven years
once in love with games and television
now in love with trucks and dears
one girl and the Country

I saw me then
and looked over those times
never did I think I would
but I know now that I should

I'm not exactly like that little kid
still honest and playing games
but I learned new faces and names
that I'm thankful for

Trying to figure out my future
I jumble around my choices
but my rebel side yells don't worry
I listen to different little voices
I may or may not be sorry

When I saw me back then
when things weren't important
I saw a carefree child
playing with Hotwheels in the dirt

I've been a space commander
a lover, a failure, and a success
a musician, a digger, and a spy
and never did I wonder why
just felt like it

I saw me back as a child
stupid and innocent
loveable and wild