remember when...
dads shoulders were
the highest place on earth,
and your mom was your
one and only hero?
when the worst things
you could get from
boys were cooties,
and the only things that hurt
you were skinned knees.
getting high meant swinging
on the playground,
the only drug you knew
was cough medicine,
race issues were about
who ran the fastest,
when protection meant
wearing a helmet,
goodbyes only meant
until tomorrow,
wearing a skirt didn't
make you a slut,
and war only was
a card game?
...and yet we couldn't
wait to grow up.