I may have missed out on life's little things,
like winning an Oscar, a Grammy.
I sure have gained life's big things,
like being the best in the school play
and singing in the choir.

I never got the Nobel Prize ever,
So I settled for the big prizes instead.
Hugs from my friends and
that look from my crush.

Somehow never desired little things
money could buy - a Birkin or a Ferrari.
But cherished the big things
money could never buy,
the bag mum knit and
the high of riding on dad's shoulders.

I miss those days when games meant,
Hide and Seek, I spy, Blind man's buff, Cops and Robbers.
Games were not downloaded then.

I miss the times when trips meant
camping in the backyard.
Those days days when
the tooth fairy and Santa did visit me.

I would love to have one more day
to live that carefree life again...