- As the sun rises from the far eastern horizon, so will her hopes together; embracing another new day to soar through the endless skies only to fall past the distinct line that seperates earth and heaven to pave way for the diamond strewn velvet night sky where her dreams will take its rightful place...
WHEN THE WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL.
Monday, November 20, 2006
Do you remember when the world was beautiful? when nothing had flaws? when we didn't have to think about whether or not we'd grow up happy or sad because we lived for the moment?
we played outside for hours because we could--homework only took about fifteen to twenty minutes.
we didn't have to think about who-likes-who, but there was an occasional kindergarten romance.
girls played with barbies and boys played with matchbox cars, and we had birthdays at Macdonalds.
we didn't cry over break ups or fights, we cried over falls and paper cuts; we cried if we were away from our parents, away from home.
we never cared who wore what, because it didn't matter; all that mattered was that we were having fun.
moms did hair and dads tied ties, and no one was embarassed by what their parents said.
we listened to the backstreet boys, nsync, britney spears, and the spice girls and we made up dances to their songs, performed for our parents.
we didn't eavesdrop on conversations and we usually do not lie.
we played games like monopoly, masak masak.
nobody cared if the girls played outside with the boys, because everyone knew that no girls would get serious with them.
we read picture books and helped bake cookies for christmas.
nobody had much more responsibility for anything other than brushing your teeth in the morning and feeding the dog, much less worrying about if the garbage was taken out, and cramming for a test.
we didn't know what the word pollution meant and we had no idea there was such a thing as depression.
the "S word" was "shoot" and the "D word" was "darn".
simple magic tricks amazed us, and we never knew that there wasn't really any magic involved.
we were afraid of ghosts and boogeymen, and we ran into mom and dads room if we had a nightmare.
we didn't need to invite someone over to play with, because we had imaginary friends.
we weren't afraid to catch bugs, and we had earth worms.
for birthdays we gave hand-made cards instead of the kind you buy at hallmark.
we danced to things like "the hokey pokey", and we had sing-along tapes.
we watched disney movies and couldn't sleep unless we had our favourite blankey or stuffed animal.
we played on swingsets and we had relay races with the neighbors.
everyone had training wheels on their bike, and we drove around in cars bought at toys-r-us.
we all made forts out of anything we could find--blankets, clothespins, couches, tables, chairs, pillows--anything.
we layed in the grass for hours and made shapes out of the clouds and had fisher price toys.
all the girls had imaginary bake ovens.
all the boys had a foam football.
the only card game we knew how to play was old maid, and the only t.v. shows we watched were on kids channel.
you might remember are winnie the pooh, and hello kitty.
we climbed trees and coloured outside the lines with crayola crayons.
we skinned our knees and made bouquets out of dandelions.
no one saw what was coming, and it hit us before we could resist it... these are the days we will always remember, the times we were truly happy and didn't slam doors.
these are the times we felt alive
this is for the kids who remember when the world was beautiful.
"Mommy, bring me back to those beautiful days :( "
