Saturday, February 2, 2013

These Car Keys Laying To My Left Are Just The Muddled Symbol Of Hope That God Knows I Would Understand

Growing up means knowing that you've wasted time that you'll never get back.
Growing up means knowing that if you truly love them, you just want them to be happy.
Growing up means accepting what and how you feel and allowing it to happen.
Growing up means accepting the fact that you've screwed up and you gotta move on.
Growing up means looking back on all your history, and tallying up your mistakes.
Growing up means looking forward at your trajectory and throwing your score that way.
Growing up means dealing with the fact that things don't always rhyme.
Growing up means dealing with your emotions and the lack of sense they make.
Growing up means you don't have to be afraid to say and do all the things up inside your head.
Growing up means you don't have the time to say and do all the things you wanted to anymore.
Growing up means getting comfortable with the sound of silence and being lonesome.
Growing up means getting over yourself even if there's no one else there at all.
Growing up means watching my heroes turn human in front of me.
Growing up means watching her walk out the door that you never got her to walk through in the first place.
Growing up means realizing any chance is still a chance, no matter how small.
Growing up means realizing you don't know what growing up means at all.

1 comment:

  1. Growing up...hummm. I think you've got it mostly figured out, but it will remain an ongoing thought process for a few more years. P.S. You, at your young age, have more insight into life and growing up than some people in their senior (citizens) years.

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