When I Was a Boy

I felt so much bigger when I was a boy...

Author's Note

I felt so much bigger when I was a boy
Or the world seemed smaller perhaps
Dreams on pages of fabricated light
Creating such vast wild worlds
Making magic from mundane
Limitless lost landscapes

WONDERLANDS

Now lives a heaviness
With harsh tangled paths
Lost in the labyrinth of life
Complex complexities crying
Options grow smaller in grey strands
There is no returning to the
Wonderlands

Reviews

[The Autumn Child]

You inspired me, deep and clean!

[An owl on the moon]

So very grateful for your kindness!

[afro-gehgeh]

deep.... childhood dreams were beautiful and it seemed one could do just about anything at the time....

[An owl on the moon]

I am so thankful you came by. YES... there was a time when the imagination felt like it could take me anywhere.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Yes, we are free until we make a choice then we are bound by that choice for at least for some time. Life's choices continue to shrink as life goes on for so many reasons like health, we can't start that because we might not be able to finish it, etc. Thanks for sharing this one with us and for your interesting thoughts about life. Sara K

[An owl on the moon]

Always appreciate your kindness... your presence here. Thank you for stopping and sharing your insights. Wishing you such a beautiful new week.

[Sunflower/Sara Kendrick]

Why, thank you, for the beautiful wishes. Sara K

[emmajoygreen]

Time and age creates a type of amnesia yet - never cures entirely. Such is your eternal experience and what has been laid in the past, Owl. That labyrinth of life can lock you, keep you in a place where life can seem far less than was. YET, the need for flying with past thoughts and finding other things, other choices is there.. if you want them to be. The Wonderlands need you, would offer you remedies. Perhaps. Why not

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you so much for this kindness... truly... to see these worlds as yet accessible... there is a hope for that... finding the pathway again... flying again... and maybe... one day... it might open again. That would be wondrous for sure!

[emmajoygreen]

It's how it should be. Life is far too short to go to bed and regret waking up the next morning. Waving.

[poetgurl]

WOW! This is such an emotional read.
It's weird how we change as we get older. I'm not sure if we grow wiser or just more fond of what we have left of ourselves. We treasure memories more than living our life. This is a wonderful heartfelt piece.

[emmajoygreen]

Many, many thank yous for your thoughtful and understanding words. Yes definitely, aging does have its advantages, we learn to take life as it comes then walk another path - at times!!! n

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Oh yes the difference between innocents and adult life are so different. How I wish I could torn back time.