Childhood is the sun shining bright so bright that the rays' captures everything around you Childhood is friends distancing from one another so apart that hand to hand is now hand to air Childhood is being the shortest so short that people hover above you so tall like the NYC towers Childhood is an elevator going up and down so high all you can do is smile, and so low that you wonder how your smile ever turned into a frown Childhood is a sponge so absorbent that all the tears and laughter mixed into one But mostly childhood is a story so alluring with the beginning, exquisite with the middle, and outstanding by the end