You can live a thousand lifetimes when trapped in childhood dreams

Buried in an unfulfilled work life while ripping at the seams

The memory of your final childhood tooth, breaking loose and free

The smile you wore, oh, to once again encapture that childhood glee

the old dread inside your chest sparked from an impending math test

Comes upon you in a new state, as you worry about your final rest

The elders spoke of life’s fragile stage, marking themselves as sage

And now you’re closer to the end, days become decades as you age

Are you wiser my friend as we near our astounding end

Or are you trapped in childhood dreams sprouted to pains one can’t mend?

I remember the taste of bubble gums, candies stacked in bags

Remember the trades at early school days, and all the boasty brags

It’s funny how hard life’s been yet nostalgia paints youth as bliss

But I’d live forever in it, if it means I’d avoid deaths fateful kiss