Don't we all wish we could go back to childhood, when days that lasted as many as twenty do now? Before fear, money, economics, lusts, and peers controlled our every motive, and thought. We never thought some of our closest friends would get pregnant, drink alcohol, or do drugs. When we thought we'd be best friends forever, and have nothing come between us. When drama was not being able to have slumber parties, or losing crayons. Now it's losing virginity, sex, who has the coolest car, and who has the most attractive boyfriend. Unfortunately, childhood was a promise never kept. Now that we've all grown up, the colors that once painted our world, that lifted our hopes, that made darkness colorful is now gone. It seems as if growing up is a never ending plague, and the older we get the worse it seems. I wish I would have known then what I do now, and would have taken my time to enjoy my innocent days, and take my time to grow up. I'm turning 18 tomorrow, and all of the responsibilities I will shortly be coming into, have stricken my mind. College, Career, Getting Married,LIFE. I'm an adult now, and I'm scared knowing that today is the day I start my grown-up life.
