What do you want to become when you grow up? was their most asked question
And silence was my most given answer
Might as well ask How do you wanna die?
I didn't. I didn't wanna grow up
but God, nature, the universe put me through it anyway
And I told God, nature, the universe that I would give up all the possibilities for my future, all the things that I could become if only God, nature, the universe would answer me this one question:
WHY DO I HAVE TO GROW UP IN THE FIRST PLACE?
And a deal has been made and God, nature, the universe said: WHY, IT'S QUITE SIMPLE. YOU HAVE TO GROW UP BECAUSE YOUR GUARDIANS ARE GROWING OLD. AND YOU WOULDN'T WANNA BE YOUNG IN A WORLD WHERE NO ONE TAKES CARE OF YOU, WOULD YOU?
God, nature, the universe was right And I said it was right and the children in the streets and the sewers and the laboring camps and the foster homes agreed with me
We have to grow up
And because of the deal I struck with God, nature, the universe I am now unable to become any of the things I could've become
I can only imagine those things and write about them