we've all got to grow up sometime
by eledriel Added: 19.9.04

they say i haven't got the sense
to come in out of the rain.
they say i'm not smart enough
to give up my needing to know,
to stop asking why and just do.

what sense is that?

how smart is that?

they say i've got my
head in the clouds,
that i should come down
and live in the real world.
they say i shouldn't dream
like i do, that my time
is better spent planning
for real life.

what kind of a world is it?

what kind of a life?

if i've got to give up my dreams,
my aspirations,
my castles in the air,
my hope,
my help,
my world,
my beauty,
my innocence,
my sense of wonder,
then i don't want any part of it.

i don't want to be smart enough.
i don't want any sense.
i don't want to come down.
i don't want reality.

i don't want a life.
i want to live.