Growing Up!
All around me little kids are growing up Mouthing words I never knew existed Making gestures I scarce can understand All around me little people are growing up Throwing caution to the winds they laugh with glee Pushing the line of decorum they gladly stand All around me young minds are growing up Thinking at such speed my mind can't keep pace with Working out things I couldn't in my brightest of moments have planned All around me the world is growing up In ways I hope to some day comprehend Simple thoughts are getting complicated by each minute Perceptions and personalities clash at every bend Some would say what you call growing up Is how, with time, people change right before your eyes Growing up should mean maturing into someone better Or transforming into someone else or becoming more wise Growing up for me however Does not fit into a set paradigm Aging but maybe not maturing Life's experiences moulding us over time So why do I stand and c