Take Me Away

Author Bio: I wrote "Take Me Away," when I felt swamped with a growing list of things to do. It made me miss the days, in the pandemic when I’d run around the backyard, screaming “I’m bored!”

The poem is representative of teenagers as they realize life gets harder. As I get older, I'm slowly beginning to see that all the joys of childhood are slowly slipping away from me.

I wanted to make the poem happier in a way, but the truth is life won't get easier unless we work hard to make it easier. At my age, teenagers are still figuring that out. So in a way, this poem is representative of that in-between stage of figuring life out.

Take Me Away: 

Memories of the beach, every year. 

Waves always recede, 

And each time, I wish to swim away with the waves. 

Free to be their own selves. 

Waves are forever. 

Take me away, I wish to be as free as you. 

We bought a balloon. 

It bobs up and down,

Just like a child on a trampoline. 

If only life were that simple. 

I grasp the string of the balloon, wishing: 

Take me away, I wish to be as free as you. 

“Happily ever after” ends every fairy tale.

Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and her Prince.

Despite all the odds, despite all the problems, 

It all works out, if only life, were that easy. 

Where’s my happy ending, when will I be free? 

Take me away, I wish to be as free as you. 

Running down the hills and screaming “Blast off,” as a child, 

Racing anyone, anywhere. 

Then coming home, and drinking hot chocolate and lemonade, 

Memories I still remember. 

Take me back, when life was that simple. 

Take me away, I wish to be as free as you.