Recently for me, it’s been a game of, “what if?” because I’m yet to discover so many things. Being in eighth grade I’m only inches away from entering a completely new school and having to make many new friends without leaving others behind. It’s a scary experience that has concealed me into being a child again in order to keep myself from letting go of who I used to be years ago. My cousin currently is at my house along with the rest of my family, and she has successfully shown me exactly what it’s like to be a kid. She lets herself go without any worry at all, and she allows herself to take risks. I’m afraid to wonder what she’ll be like in a few years because what if she’s different? What if she grows up into being a person that no longer takes challenges, and what if she forgets that pure innocence that makes her so real? I hope so much that she doesn’t forget the beauty of childhood.
What happens when people get older? I’ve completely overlooked my childhood and honestly, I forget what it was like to run around in diapers without a care in the world. Maybe I’m being too “old soul,” but I really haven’t a clue what it was like. Now in my life I’ve experienced so much and I look at the world in a completely different way then I recall ever doing. Where did my innocence and my thoughtless actions go? Did I just push them aside to be left in the cold, or do people naturally long to grow older and become wiser? I have so many unanswered questions that I feel I should no the answer to, but really…does anyone have answers?
I’m typing this at 9:34 PM, and at this exact time I sit at my dinner table wondering if Skyy, (my cousin) will ever think like I do, or if she will ever look at the world with eyes that see just as I see.
“Child of innocence, I miss your sunny days We joyously frolicked in extended plays Ever since you've left the scene The streets are lonely, dark and mean Child of innocence, return to me now With your simple smile show them how This world once again can respond to your glance And heartbeats flutter to the rhythm of your dance Child of innocence, your elegance, your beauty Beckons me now beyond the call of duty Come fly with me far and above Over the mountains in the land of love Child of innocence, messenger of joy You've touched my heart without a ploy My soul is ablaze with a flagrant fire To change the world is my deepest desire.” |
~Heather Stephens
I long to change the world and to live with that pure innocence of a child but still to be wise and mature. “Child of innocence, return to me now. With your simple smile show them how. This world once again can respond to your glance. And heartbeats flutter to the rhythm of your dance.” I’ve comprehended this quote as best as I can, and I’ve come across a message that I disregarded when first reading the poem. That quote means that when you’re a child you simply live and you don’t need the materialistic items we strive for today. When you’re a child people follow you in wonder. As an adult, perform like a child, or you will forever see the world as an un-opened book.
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