#whenigrowup
*"When I grow up
I will be brave enough to fight the creatures
That you have to fight beneath the bed
Each night when you're a grown up"*
Before I grew up
The creatures residing
Beneath my bed were
Crocodiles swimming
Fearless of the lava
Fiercely bubbling
Across my floor
Each night spent jumping
From light switch to bed
When I grow up
The crocodiles changing
Into thoughts
Incessant buzzing
The fiery lava
Slowly hardening
To form my mind
No amount of leaping
Able to protect
My feet from burning
**When I grow up
Will I be brave enough to fight the new creatures
That I need to fight within my mind
Each night when I'm all grown up?**
*"When I grow up
I will be strong enough to carry all
The heavy things you need to haul around
With you when you're a grown up"*
Before I grew up
The heavy things
I had to carry
My bag for school
Notes for filing
Hauled around with me
Spare clothes for changing
When I get messy
Joyously playing
Without a care
Or worry in sight
When I grow up
Bag no longer as heavy
As emotions all weighing
Down on my shoulders
Sentiments receiving
Tending to different orders
Spare faces for switching
My masks of skill
All for pretending
That I don't have a care
Or worry in sight
**When I grow up
Will I be strong enough to shoulder all
The heavy feelings that I need to hold within
My heart when I'm all grown up?**
May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 at 12:14 PM UTC
When I grow up I want to be a builder
I can create happiness and love
But only for a while, it's so unstable.
When I grow up I want to demolish my buildings
I'm great a destroying relationships
And breaking my own heart.
When I grow up I want to be an artist
And draw strokes and lines of red
On my paper skin
When I grow up I want to be a writer
I can write stories of drama and pain
And of my own misery
When I grow up I want to travel
I want to go from life into death
And see the white light.
Jan 17, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 at 1:08 PM UTC