Goodbye to my childhood,
All those wonderful years are dead.
That were spent playing imaginary games,
And chasing butterflies in the park.
These were the glory days,
The best times of my life,
But now they are gone and will not return,
No matter how much I yearn.
These years flew by and before I knew it,
I was 14 and growing older,
Leaving behind my younger days,
Filled with laughter, joy, and praise.
All of the places and faces that passed me by,
Now fade into distant memory,
I would go back to them if I could,
To enjoy them once again.
All the carefree days of childhood,
Shielded from the world,
Until thrust into this awful place and forced to find my way.
The days I had were sweet like sugar,
With all of my spare time,
To go back to it would be just bliss,
But I cannot for it is gone.
Just like death,
My childhood is gone and can never be brought back.
It feels like my childhood is similar to a dead person,
For both are gone forever and live on in someone’s heart.
As my childhood slowly died,
So did the people that helped my childhood.
These people that touched my life are there with me no more,
Like wonderful sweet Ms. Everitt,
And lovely odd Carly,
My amazingly kind neighbor,
And my guardian dog Punkers,
They all touched me in different ways,
But impacted me just the same,
Now they are a part of my childhood that can never be regained.
People in my childhood truly touched me,
Along with places that live on like a first kiss.
There are places from my childhood that I will truly miss,
So goodbye to Seaside, Oregon,
Indio, and LA,
These places really changed me so I can never forget them,
But they will live as part of my childhood,
Deep inside my heart.
Time will be the only cure,
To end the pain of the death of my childhood.
Goodbye to all the innocence,
And love for life itself,
Goodbye to all the best of times,
And hello to something new.
Nothing will ever be forgotten,
For they live on in my heart,
Along with those around me,
That lived through all of it too.
The people and places that touched my life,
All of the laughter and happy memories,
Will live within my childhood,
And deep within my heart.
For when the world is feeling hard,
I can look deep inside,
And draw upon my glory days,
To make me feel better.
I have grown older,
And left my childhood dead behind me.
I know now that my childhood is dead and cannot come back,
Which makes the world all seem black,
For my childhood will surely be missed,
By my life is touched through and through.
Thank you my dear childhood,
You truly were the best,
Mourned you will be,
Scorned you will not,
But forever in my heart will you live on,
For I love you childhood and I always will.