I don’t want to grow up

But I still want to grow

I want to be that kid

With such potential years ago

I don’t want to grow old

And lose my best excuse

For not yet having realized

The promise of my youth

I don’t want to find out

That this is all of me

That if I clear away the silt

There’s nothing left to see

I don’t want to stand out

But I don’t want to fade

Away from possibility

Irrelevant, afraid

I don’t want to keep not wanting

Hiding from it all

I want to want to reach for something

Unfafraid to fall