The Secret Wish of the Teenage Radical

sometimes i wish i was a kid 
so i wouldn’t get upset 
over the ones who hurt the needy 
so i could think and then forget 

i wish i wasn’t always angry 
the rage is burning in me bright 
wish it would go deeper within me 
and dim when i’m alone at night 

sometimes i wish this passion in me 
would die and i could be so free 
if i could leave my mind behind 
if i could run, if i could flee 

i wish i was a little kid 
to take all of my cares and drop
but instead, i live this life 
i think, and think, and never stop
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