outgrown imagination

when did we start letting ourselves 

outgrow imagination

as if it was last year's winter coat

why did we 

let go of the sensation 

we found between fairy tales and root beer floats 

We used to be pirates or princesses 

(if you were me, often times both)

But now we've moved on to "more important" interests 

A side effect of growth

We spend less then a decade

In the world of play, and "that's cute"

Then are told to put the fantasies away 

And abandon our own roots

So much cooler to be sophisticated, mature

and carefully unenthusiastic 

The unfettered excitement for unseen worlds and new friends

Lost in favor of upturned noses and sarcasm

Those feelings keep the mind young

And in the day to day we've forgotten

They can keep life fun 

but "fun's..... for kindergarten" 

"Hogwarts and Narnia and sheet-and pillow forts

those aren't real or realistic or right!

they aren't of the future-prep sorts!"

so we're given a red-light

but 

all the while

we base our lives on an imaginary concept we've created in our minds.

you ask the clock maker, not the "real world" if you want to know the time. 

so children, teenagers, and adults alike. imagining...is just fine.