632 days ago The start of this new life A life of tough love Life never knowing peace The life of a child, not little anymore Life not doing much of anything Is what They see. When I want to just be me But they want me to see What they see That I’m an adult Not growing up Making small choices Day after day But not taking the best next step That will lead me away Away from the safety of home Away on an adventure I don’t want to begin Because once it takes off It won’t come to a stop I’ll be going moving running til the day I drop Drop from exhaustion Or from tears of remembering that pretty paradise So long ago Before I grew up and got old A paradise of playing Barbie’s with besties Or borrow older brother’s gameboy Or making mud potions in the backyard And sleeping in late on weekends With weekdays at a friends house Or nap time at school When life was less complicated And more of a game. I know it’s naïve Not wanting to leave This simple paradise That’s completely out of reach Parallel to my path now Never going to be able to meet Gone with the ages that pasted me by Because here I am now Growing up, with a job, a car, and taxes too Needing to make choices That’ll lead me away Away from that paradise That I can never return to A paradise that will never be forgotten A paradise far to the side Coming with me on my journey But as a memory No longer a place for me to stay, so this is my goodbye and my thanks To My Parallel Paradise.