Fall broke my heart
Yet I still come back to it
It loved me
Until I was 14
Then fall yelled at me to grow up
That I was too old to enjoy the candy
Or the costumes
No one ever told me our childhood would be stepped on and ripped up
Like a red leaf turned brown
The pumpkin patch turned into “I don't have enough time mom”
The corn maze turned into a smaller version of my mind
A maze, even older me can't even dream of escaping
I still like to believe Halloween is my favorite holiday
Because for the longest time, that was always my answer when people asked
Then it broke me
Like skin to glass
It turned me to the word and said “this is your reality, now go off and be brave”
I peddled forward a few steps then ran back
Banging on the invisible line
that separated my entire childhood
For fall was when I knew, my childhood had expired
Yet I still come back to it
It loved me
Until I was 14
Then fall yelled at me to grow up
That I was too old to enjoy the candy
Or the costumes
No one ever told me our childhood would be stepped on and ripped up
Like a red leaf turned brown
The pumpkin patch turned into “I don't have enough time mom”
The corn maze turned into a smaller version of my mind
A maze, even older me can't even dream of escaping
I still like to believe Halloween is my favorite holiday
Because for the longest time, that was always my answer when people asked
Then it broke me
Like skin to glass
It turned me to the word and said “this is your reality, now go off and be brave”
I peddled forward a few steps then ran back
Banging on the invisible line
that separated my entire childhood
For fall was when I knew, my childhood had expired
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