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Raven
Member

since 1999-06-14

Posts 67
Hopewell Jct, New York, USA

0 posted 1999-06-16 04:53 PM

How could anyone ever want more
Then the long ago days of childhood
Seeming to be only yesterday
When I would catch fireflies on my lawn
It wasn't that long ago I suppose
Now that I'm 14
Yet the magic that I once believed in
All to soon disapeered
I remember searching for leprechauns
In the grass on Saint Patricks Day
Writing notes to Santa Claus
Who always wrote back
The tooth fairy was beautiful
She made my teeth into fairy dust
I always left out carrots for the Easter Bunny
He was polite enough to eat at least half
Back then my tears were of physical pain
Such as a scraped knee
I liked boys even then
Yet they never tried to go to far
We were innocent
We were pure
Ignorant too I suppose
Blissfully happy children are
They just might be far wiser then most
For they are truly color blind
Except to beautiful rainbows
Now I will erase this poem
And struggle to become someone

Alwye

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Member Elite

since 1999-06-16

Posts 3850
In the space between moments

1 posted 1999-06-16 04:59 PM

I think you captured the feeling perfectly. At 15, I still sometimes feel like that. I praise you on a job well done!

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*Krista Knutson*

Raven
Member

since 1999-06-14

Posts 67
Hopewell Jct, New York, USA

2 posted 1999-06-20 02:40 PM

Alwye,

Thank you, it's often I wake up on certain sunny mornings and forget I'm not a child of 5, its very bittersweet to remember

~Raven~

xave
New Member

since 1999-06-18

Posts 5
Camp Lejeune, NC, USA

3 posted 1999-06-21 03:29 PM

Whoa. I can relate all too well...eerie...
Good job man

Raven
Member

since 1999-06-14

Posts 67
Hopewell Jct, New York, USA

4 posted 1999-06-21 04:29 PM

Xave,

Thanks

sometimes i feel like I'll never grow up

Raven

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"They sing the stories of the present, of people trapped in a shadow world" ~Charlotte Seley~

katrina
Junior Member

since 1999-06-20

Posts 41
White Bear Lake, Minnesota, U.S.A

5 posted 1999-06-21 04:44 PM

Raven,
Wasn't chidhood the best? Sometimes I wish I could stay in my P.J's all day and watch cartoons. That was the best! I really like your poem, boy can I relate (and every other teen can to, I'm sure.) Great job!

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