Nov 2015
When I was 6 I fell in love with bubblegum
the way it tasted the bubbles
I could make
I'd always have a piece or two in my mouth
I'd run around always find a way to swallow it by accident
I would think about the gum
How it traveled down my throat
How I felt it slide down
How it seemed to be caught in my chest
I'd cough and choke trying to make it come out and it never did
When I was 7 I fell in love with Coca-Cola
I'd drink it almost everyday because I liked the bubbles in my tummy
I loved being one of the big kids who were drinking coke
I would sit with my princess crown and bangs drooping over my face quietly drinking my coke and nodding my head like the big kids
I liked it until I realized the caffeine made me nervous and being a big kid wasn't all that fun
When I was 8 I fell in love with mint chocolate chip ice cream gum
I loved that I could chew as much as I wanted without actually eating
I would keep a pack in my back pocket and after each piece I'd lick the wrapper
I'd sneak it to school everyday
Then I realized whenever I chewed that gum I thought of my grandpa and his love of sweets
When I was 10 I fell in love with cherry cough drops
I thought that if I always ****** on one the anxiety would stay away
I believed that my anxiety came from the air so the cough drops would keep them away
I believed these cough drops until the sugar started to overwhelm me
I found out sugar made me anxious and decided that I'd have to find another way
When I was 11 I found mint gum
I became addicted
Instead of a packs of cigarettes I was addicted to packs of gum
I'd pack them into my mouth until there was a wall where the anxiety couldn't get in
I'd lick the wrappers so the anxiety would stay on the wrapper and not in my mind
I'd always have gum on my bedside in case I got nervous during the night
I'd wake up the next morning with the gum still in my mouth, it tasted of regret
When I was 6 I found out that bubbles aren't always fun
When I was 7 I learned growing up wasn't too much fun
When I was 8 I realized all that's ice cream is not sweet
When I was 10 I learned sugar wasn't good even in cherries
When I was 11 I got addicted and never went back
the way it tasted the bubbles
I could make
I'd always have a piece or two in my mouth
I'd run around always find a way to swallow it by accident
I would think about the gum
How it traveled down my throat
How I felt it slide down
How it seemed to be caught in my chest
I'd cough and choke trying to make it come out and it never did
When I was 7 I fell in love with Coca-Cola
I'd drink it almost everyday because I liked the bubbles in my tummy
I loved being one of the big kids who were drinking coke
I would sit with my princess crown and bangs drooping over my face quietly drinking my coke and nodding my head like the big kids
I liked it until I realized the caffeine made me nervous and being a big kid wasn't all that fun
When I was 8 I fell in love with mint chocolate chip ice cream gum
I loved that I could chew as much as I wanted without actually eating
I would keep a pack in my back pocket and after each piece I'd lick the wrapper
I'd sneak it to school everyday
Then I realized whenever I chewed that gum I thought of my grandpa and his love of sweets
When I was 10 I fell in love with cherry cough drops
I thought that if I always ****** on one the anxiety would stay away
I believed that my anxiety came from the air so the cough drops would keep them away
I believed these cough drops until the sugar started to overwhelm me
I found out sugar made me anxious and decided that I'd have to find another way
When I was 11 I found mint gum
I became addicted
Instead of a packs of cigarettes I was addicted to packs of gum
I'd pack them into my mouth until there was a wall where the anxiety couldn't get in
I'd lick the wrappers so the anxiety would stay on the wrapper and not in my mind
I'd always have gum on my bedside in case I got nervous during the night
I'd wake up the next morning with the gum still in my mouth, it tasted of regret
When I was 6 I found out that bubbles aren't always fun
When I was 7 I learned growing up wasn't too much fun
When I was 8 I realized all that's ice cream is not sweet
When I was 10 I learned sugar wasn't good even in cherries
When I was 11 I got addicted and never went back
