The Confined Child

Put away those toys my mother said
Its time for you to go to bed
Then, all I wanted was to grow
To become the adult and to know
What it was to do as I pleased
To tell whoever, whatever with ease
Instead of always holding my tongue
Because I was just the child, too inexperienced and too young

Don’t do this or don’t do that
They would always restrict you without giving you facts
I thought it was so hard living under rule of thumb
After all I was not stupid, foolish nor dumb
So why couldn’t I choose my own way
And do as I wished or say what I had to say
No, I had to follow hard and fast rules
Because I was just the child and children are all fools

But looking back I realize
I viewed the world through child-like eyes
Only seeing what a child would see
Their own confinement and adults being free
Yes, while growing up I soon saw the truth
With age come more rules and you long for renewed youth
And as I got older, it is then I would see
Adults are more confined than a child could ever be

Copyright © 2008 PTD Lawrence