you were once so small
your tiny lungs barely moved
they thought you wouldn’t make it
you did
you grew slowly
your legs never stopped running
your mind never stopped thinking
you wanted to do everything
you still do
you got older
your mind began to slip
your skin began to sting
as you took yourself for granted
and wanted nothing more than to fade away
yet you still remain
you survived
your mind still wanders
you search endlessly
for what you know you need
but what you can never find
you still haven’t
you have loved
and lost
you repeat the cycle
and carry your mind through your childhood bliss
your dark adolescence
and finally to the new horizons of your life
as an eighteen year-old
who is already having a mid-life crisis