The Imagination of a Child

I was thinking about how I have watched so many grow up, and lose their imaginations along the way. Each time I see it happen, I only hold mine closer...

I was there when you were young

I walked by your side

Laughed with you 

Played with you

We loved to go outside

Thats where our dragons lived

And the pixies dwelled, 

Don't you remember?

Each staircase was a water fall

Each bed, our ships

We traveled through space

Went back in time

Don't you remember?

Or maybe you remember the trees we climbed

And the knees we scraped?

The giants we chased

The pirates we battled?

But now your somewhere else

With boys, with makeup, talking the day away...

Don't you remember our adventures?

The magic and fun?

Don't you remember our summers

Playing in the sun?

But you've forgotten.

You have forgotten each adventure

Each pinky swear,

Each pixie and dragon...

I watched you leave your imagination behind

But seeing this, I only hold mine closer....

Reviews

[Emunah June.]

Woah. That's true. I remember how when I was little I used to make my bed a bus to the island of dinosaurs. There I would meet a dinosaur named...er....I forget. But the dinosaur was actually my dresser. I also remember checking out my closet to make sure it didn't lead to Narnia. Point is? This is really good Miharu, and I want to see more of your works. :)

[Arien Bleuefire]

This poem really hits home, because this is exactly what happened to me.. This poem is so sad, but I love the small ray of hope at the end. When we were little, we built fairy houses in our sandbox :) I love this.

[A.Lee]

This is good! And so true. When we grow up we tend to discard our imaginations as if they're something to be ashamed of. So much better to embrace them. Good work.

[deeps]

This is wonderful and such a joy to read.
I like this write.

[Cody Wiggins]

really enjoyable job well done. I really could feel something.

[An owl on the moon]

What a wondrous write, filling each line with treasured memories of a child's life. Your last phrase expresses that all too honest theme, that we tend to lose touch with our imagination as we ago. Thank you for the hope that we never have to let go!

[KingPatwic]

Good stuff. I cant remember the last time i used my imagination like this.

[NoAirToBreatheXSuffocat..]

lol then i love it!

[Luna Northstar]

LOL, no, no, I see it in, well, almost everyone. I hate to admit it, but I have caught myself sometimes, its a sad, yet unavoidable thing to me.

[NoAirToBreatheXSuffocat..]

...r u talking about me?????? i remember my dragons!