Distant Memories
Remember when...
Getting high meant swinging on the playground,
never connected to smoke from an exhale sound
The worst thing you could get from the opposite sex were cooties,
now we risk STD’s when pursuing sexual opportunities
Your Mom or Dad was synonymous for hero,
The one you strived to be like
Never thought about all the future fights
Your enemies were only your teachers,
never friends who would later
become betrayers or now
Your greatest enemy is
Your inner me
Race issues were who ran the fastest,
not who said the most racist comments in your classes
Getting tipsy meant trying to spin your fastest,
Now we mean partying and
Getting trashed
Love and hate were just four letter words,
not sayings that could change your whole world
War was a card game,
Now just regular aspect of life
Infected with strife
The only drugs you knew were chewable,
never had to think about overdoses on Adderall or Ritalin
Girl that wore skirts didn't have to be a ****
Parties were fun times at Chuck E. Cheese,
now symbols of popularity
Eanie, meany, miney, moe
for decision making was the only way to go,
The only thing you smoked were the tires on your bike,
not what came out of a cigarette or pipe
The only thing that hurt were skinned knees,
fix by a kiss
Now broken hearts can only reminisce.
Your hardest problems could be solved with rocks, papers, scissors, shoot
not by hospitals or counselor visits
But what I remember the most was
Just wanting to grow up,
now I’m just wishing some of my birthdays never showed up.
I remember
How life used to be simple and care free,
no complexities.
It's to bad all of these now seem like
ancient history and
have become distant memories
Do you remember?
Copyright © Stephen Obeng | Year Posted 2007
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