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Young Bliss Grows Old
August 25, 2014
When we are young the world is humongous
full of new opportunities
When we are young the people around us heroic
filling us with security
When we are young music is just a catchy tune
filled with beautiful voices
As we grow the opportunities lessen
People darken
Musical lyrics develop serious meanings
When we age we receive freedom
and we are full of doubt
When we age we rot
filling us with decaying hope
When we age reality hits
and we are filled with the darkness our previous generations passed down to us.
© Karen S., Norwalk, CT
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Growing up, all the good things such as the people I looked up to turned bad. Not because they worstened, but because as a child everything was magical. As we grow and we learn, the world seems to darken. It's not as blissful, as if the fairytale of life turned into a horror film all too quick.