Childhood Into Adulthood no return

A young boy cannot wait to grow older!

Numbers added to an age,

add years to a life.

Jovial teen anticipates adulthood.

Kaleidoscope dreams in mirror of hopes,

no rules to abide by and partying time

flow in the brain in symmetrical patterns.

 

Bills are essential in the adult world.

Capsule of remorse runs through a weary mind,

longing to travel back in time where life was

easier and fun. Childhood episodes of his life

play like re-runs on a t.v. show. Face now creased with lines of regrets, eyes tear up in disbelief. He misses his childhood.

 

Paralysis of thoughts leave him stranded in the past, back in his childhood room of adolescents where batman and robin was his heros. Comic books and pictures of naked ladies hidden under his mattress for his eyes only.

 

He packs his suitcase.

Journeys back to his childhood home.

He visulizes his dad in his lazy chair, pipe in mouth. His mom knitting a blaket, listening to the evening news. It's an optical illusion of happier days.

 

Combination of emotions collide. Mom meets him at the door with a smile and hug. Dad meets him with open arms and says, "Son, I told you that you would miss these days."

 

 

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Valentine]

I drove by the house my dad built in Michigan..and all of the old memories came back..When it had just 2by4s...Him putting in the windows, the plasterboard etc..But dad is in Heaven...this piece brought back the missing of my parents..Life drags in youth and flies in adulthood..Everyone...stop to smell the roses while you can..Kathie

[Mauricio Montoya]

Great job, well done.

[Poetic Beauty]

When we are young all we want to do is grow up and when we grow up all we want to do is be young again. Hind sight is 20/20. Love the way you captured this thought.

[Kate Hunter]

well done. Keep up the good work.

[Ruth]

Brilliant! Never unimpressed with your work...you go from strength to strength! This is beautifully woven! The cycle here is amazing and nostalgic....heart warming..I love this! xx

[Alskar]

Oh, I do love this. Really. I'm always harping on at other writers about imagery and stuff, but this was so real and relatable that fancy imagery would have ruined it. Yes it's prosey, but that was the refreshing and honest aspect of the poem. My only criticism is that the start is a bit weak, you could probably even do without the first two lines. You managed to perfectly capture the cycle of someone's life in just a couple of stanzas. It was very clever.

[Wolf's Dark Song]

A really well done poem about the reality of life. Children are always so eager to grow up and become adults. Then reality sets in...being an adult has so many problems and things to deal with and one is that once you grow up all that is left is to grow older and older and older....

[Dreamer]

This is so wonderful. Great piece, i absolutely love this piece. Good job. The mood, the memories, it really touches me.

[Star Wolf]

A very sad poem but so true. We all often wish to return to our childhoods. The older we get the more it seems those years were perfect! Awesome write!

[KAREN]

Nice flow and great word choice. I think even women can relate to this truthful poem.