What We Were

We were bright eyed little children

With hope in our hearts

And laughter on our lips.

We played together happily

Blissfully ignorant of everything else

Not knowing that it would have to end.

Crying over petty things

Then tears forgotten in a second

Fickle friendships that last and last.

Do you remember how every second counted?

And how we lived each precious one

Forever living in the moment.

Our lives were so much simpler then

Untroubled by worries of the future

We thought next week was far away.

The future didn't really matter

We were only children

How could we understand?