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Thoughts on growing up
They took away the magic
 Stole away the dreams
 Locked away the fairy tales 
 And forbade youthful innocence 
 
 They demolished the ballrooms
 Put out the First Stars
 And boarded up the wishing wells...
 But not without replacement
 
 They gave us responsibility for our daydreams
 Boyfriends for our Princes.
 High heels for our Glass Slippers.
 Took our imagination in exchange for their freedoms.
 They asked for the prime of our life as a price for their experiences
 And willingly we gave away our childhoods 
 To partake in their world
 
 As I stand and observe the graveyard of our youth
 I secertly slide off the boards
 And whisper my secert desires 
 Into the wishing well.

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