I Did Not Know Back Then (Who I'd Be Today)

Wow, I've changed a lot

I Did Not Know Back Then (Who I’d Be Today)

 

I’m flipping through old photo albums of me

Trying to figure out who I used to be

A happy little girl

Dressing like a princess

Dreaming of her prince

Playing in my fairy tales

Not a care in the world

 

Listening to boy bands

Was a huge Aaron Carter fan

Playing pretend with my friends

Laughing and fun never end

 

But then I grew up

 

Who I am now

Is not who I was then

I know that fairy tales don’t have a happy end

A happy little girl I was

A depressed teenager I became

Positive upbeat little me

Turned into crazy, broken-hearted, sarcastic teen

Princes are overrated

Princesses are too pink

I know not to live by my heart

But instead by what I think

 

These old photo albums cannot be me

I’m growing up now, can’t you see?

There’s no time for dreams

Life is a lot harder than it seems

But there is one dream

I’m waiting on to be seen

The hope that one day

I will find love

But for now, I blow this wishing dust

To the One from above

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Lol, I'm not depressed anymore, but this is how I live now

Reviews

[UpComesDown]

wow jumbie (i hate not being able to call you by your real name) Its Sho-Sho btw... i totally get it... the peom i mean... i feel like that a lot... looking back at the ghost of who i once was and seeing im nothing like i would have wanted to be then.... sad but true, good job kei!

[Jacky Bones]

Hey i am a princesse

[Adela Muresan]

A wonderful piece with witch I'm sure many can relate.

Childhood doesn't compare to adulthood, and you have shown that in a very good argumentative way.

A.M.

[Samuel Dickens]

They're stages in your life--that's all. We all go through them, looking for ourselves, trying to decide who we are and where we're going. You've done an excellent job on the poem, Jumbie's #1 Fan.