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	The Price of Adulthood
	The Price of Adulthood


What price would we pay To wake up one day And not be a child? What happened to The girl with glossy ringlets and an ulfaltering smile Who came to this park, ran around, swung for awhile? Now she's a single mom in a rut Paying a rent that's too much And loving those kids and their grins But grins don't pay the bills, And, despite herself, a tear spills Now she wonders, Where did my childhood go? He was a little league star That now sits, rusty and dusty, at a bar With a bottle always occupying his hand As he regards life with eyes glassy and bland Be a man, his father always said Now he's hunched over, He's drunk himself dead. And last but not least, The sweet girl who lost love at fifteen She can't hide the fear in her eyes That festers and breeds From broken promises, forgotten deeds She tries for her friends, But even they can see, her heart won't mend Now she swallows those silent screams That slowly took the place of dreams And puts the barrel to her head She whispers, "Goodbye" to that long fought-off dread, To her family, her friends, her hopes, Her humanity. And now you know, little one, The price of adulthood is sanity. Deoxyribose Dollface · Tue May 26, 2009 @ 10:27pm · 0 Comments


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