Childish Ways

A collaborative poem between me and MachinaWriter

If you’re under 21

You are too young for this content

I’m way too grown to deal

With anyone’s childish non-sense

 

No need for back talk

Or any smart-aleck comments

If you don’t understand the concept

Let me put it into context

 

I’m a grown man

And I don’t play childish games

I give respect

And I expect the same

 

I don’t think you hear

What I’m trying to convey

When I grew up

I put away my childish ways

 

When I was young

I spoke just like you

Sharp tongued- loaded gun

Quick and ready to shoot

 

When I was young

I was too immature to reason

But wisdom came with time

And rough, unpredictable seasons

 

When I was young

 I didn’t understand

All it took to be a man

 

Never had a father

To guide me with his hand

So the idea of “Manhood”

I couldn’t fully comprehend

 

So to all of the young men out there

This is all I’m really trying to say…

It’s time to grow up and cast aside

 Your childish ways

 

Set aside,
Your childish notions
Lock and hide,
-your uncertain emotions.

They blind you from the path,
Now looking back at the past
I can't help but laugh.

Those childish notions, created a noise
Made by the sound of wild-ish boys
When I couldn't understand,
That when becoming a man
I had to cast aside those childish toys.

As true as scripture,
-those childish ways
Have faded to pictures.
Now I think,
Of how the world differs.

Its more than the things we defined
-as important in our childish minds.
With jobs and bills,
-We leave those behind.
With thoughts of wills,
-and what our future will find.

So to all those young men,
-who are still living as boys.
Cast aside such childish ways,
-but keep your child-like joy.

Author's Note

I wrote the first half of this poem, and MachinaWriter wrote the 2nd half... His part begins at "Set aside/ your childish notions/lock and hide/your uncertain emotions."

This is done with minimal editing, and we might work it out a little differently in the future. But for now, this will do ^^

P.S. This poem is inspired by the bible verse:1 Corinthians 13:11
which says:

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Reviews

[Sunny Skye]

Nice! I love it. Love as much as your technophobia series. This is a great piece it has a great flow and i didn't even realize when the other writers half came up they both fit very well together and it was like it was written by the same guy. Good job! I like where the inspiration came from and the choice of words. Well done.

-SkyeBlanco

[lovejulez03]

This is a fantastic piece! It's simple in many ways yet so complex because of the brutal honesty. I admire the inspiration behind it and that you could put everything into words the way that you did. Thank you for sharing this

[Sirius King]

thanx for checking it out! :-)