Remember when getting high meant swinging on the playground?
When protection meant wearing a helmet?
When the worst things you could get from boys were cooties?
Dad’s shoulders were the highest place on earth and Mum was your hero?
Your worst enemies were your siblings.
Race issues were about who ran the fastest.
War was only a card game.
The only drug you knew was cough medicine.
And Wearing a skirt didn’t make you a slut.
And now....your close friend becomes your worst enemy.
Lollipops turn into cigarettes.
The innocent ones turn into sluts.
Home Work goes in the trash.
Detention becomes suspension.
Soda becomes Vodka.
Bikes Become Cars.
Kisses Turn Into Sex.
The only things that hurt you before were skinned knees
And Goodbyes only meant until tomorrow?
And all we wanted to do,...
was to grow up.