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A KID AGAIN

06-02-2010 at 08:57:12 PM

A KID AGAIN

IT'S TIME TO FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN
LIFES GONE BY WHERE HAVE I BEEN
THE UPS AND DOWNS GO ROUND AND ROUND
OH WHAT OH WHAT WAS I THINKING
CARE FREE SMOKING AND DRINKING
REMEMBERING PAST SUMMER DAYS
PICKING FLOWERS IN THE MONTH OF MAY
I NOW VALUE MY LIFE MORE
COAST TO COAST UPON ALL SHORES
I LAMENT THE MOMENTS OF PLAY-GROUNDS, PLAYING BALL,
KIDS HAVING FUN
MONKEY- BARS, PARKS,SWIMMING IN THE SUN
WE GROW UP PUTTING THE KID IN US ASIDE
SECRETS, REGRETS, THINGS LIFE CANNOT HIDE
IT'S TIME TO FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN
ENGAGE THE DENIAL OF TIME TO BEGIN
HOW EASY IT WAS THEN TO BE A KID
EASY AND WORRY FREE
BUT STILL THE KID AGAIN IS IN ME
GROWN UP WITH NEW ADDED PRESSURE
TUCKED AWAY MY MOST PRECIOUS TREASURE
DON'T ISOLATE YOURSELD LET IT REST
EXPECTING THE WORST AND HOPING FOR THE BEST
EACH DAY IS A NEW DAY YOU CAN'T WAIT
TAKE THE LEAD BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
IN A WAY IT'S THE SAME BEING A KID OF TODAY
BASEBALL,FOOTBALL,FUN AND PLAY
WAITING FOR MY LIFE MOMENTS TO COME
CORRECTING ALL MY WRONG UNDONE
FAMILY, FRIENDS,CONNECTING TO MY LIFE
GROWN UP NOW MARRIED WITH A WIFE
ENJOY YOUR LITTLE ONES GROWNING UP
TRAINING AND PLAYING WITH YOUR BRAND NEW PUP
WHEN YOU'RE A KID YOU WANT TO GROW UP FAST
THE KID INSIDE REMEMBERS THE PAST
WHEN THE YEARS OF AGE TAKES A TURN
THE KID AGAIN COMES OUT TO LEARN
YEARS HAVE COME AND GONE BY
THE KID INSIDE OF US AFRAID TO DIE
BUT BLESSINGS OF PEACE ABOUND
EACH AND EVERYONE ONE OF US
THE KID AGAIN WAS FOUND

Poetry is either something that lives like fire inside you or else it is nothing, an empty formalized bore around which pedants can endlessly drone their notes and explanations.

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