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.
