children flipping to adults
not really
none of us ever do
at first many of us just learn to pretend or rebel
and maybe sometimes after hard lessons
find a place in ourselves where we can live
clean and clear and true
because
sorrow interns some of us and accidents and craziness take some too
but if we’re lucky things happen that don’t bury us
and finally finally we begin to
learn and learn and learn
exactly what we always knew but didn’t quite ever really know deep down
just yet
or exactly what we can do if we want to
and what we are finally ready for
exactly what’s most important just to us
to what’s been always living there
inside our hopeful hopeful hearts
children flipping to adults
not really
none of us ever do
some pretend and some hide and some find a way to finally live free and clear and true
but deep inside
we are all and always
children
through and through and through