Kidology

When I should have been a carefree pup
All I dreamt of was being grown up
Frustrated by the childish hand I’d been dealt
I didn’t have the adult tools to explain just how I felt
I’d waste fun time to imagine being free
Of playing the childish role expected of me
The adults all bigged up how great it is to be small
They’d forgotten that when you’re small, it isn’t that great at all.
I had the huge job of just trying to discover me
When all they worried about was when’s my bedtime and what’s for tea
They said it should be the time of my life
No arguing with husband or wife, no responsibility, no debt
Just time to have fun and have your day in the childhood sun
But that’s something you just don’t get
That this happy, sad, exhilarating rollercoaster ride on life’s learning curve
Is something only later in life you feel you richly deserve
And that’s the ironic river wild of not wanting to be a child 
You only realise you’ve blown it, once you’ve outgrown it
That luxury of living solely in the present tense
Not having to interrupt the joy of now, with what lies hence
Wanting to grow up before your time
Is a universal crime
Too much fun lost and tears of frustration spilt
On trying to get your adult self too swiftly built 
So the best place all us wannabe adults can start
Is promising ourselves always to remain a child at heart