Why Do The Adults Sigh So Loud

I remember a time we were connected
I couldn’t see past the picket fences
Walking through the park each day on our way home
Never bothered to look up or take it slow
Thought my coldness would somehow impress you
Deep inside I’m burning just to kiss you
If I only knew how sad it is to grow old
Might not have let my fantasies go untold
Ever since you touched my heart I can’t stop writing
Keeping my life tucked up inside blue lined pages
The years go round in circles, I swear everything’s the same
My heart sinks to the ocean floor when someone says your name

The coast is clear so I wring out my chest
Full of air my lungs declare a deep breath

I remember a time when I was young
My life had barely even begun
My only cares were tangled hair and torn up jeans
Never wore a dress or skirt or bikini
Then all the kids in school started choosing sides
I’ve never been so unprepared in all my life
All of us in a rush to grow old
Didn’t like doing what we were told
Suddenly the years go by, I don’t recognize the mirror
Trying to define myself but nothings coming clearer
If I only knew then the things that I know now
I’d have understood why all the adults sighed so loud

©Tanzen Lilly 7/3/2019