I was sitting before a glass window<\/p>\n
Having a sip from my mug<\/p>\n
Watching children play a riveting show<\/p>\n
That awakened some memories from a grave I dug<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The sounds of juvenile bodies laughing and kicking their ball<\/p>\n
Took me back to the old times<\/p>\n
The old times where I used to run in every hall<\/p>\n
Laughing and dancing while singing nursery rhymes<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The good old days when my hobby was to run and bounce<\/p>\n
or be a young prince fighting the ogre living in the park<\/p>\n
When words like death and suicide were too hard to pronounce<\/p>\n
And my worst fear was to sleep all alone in the dark<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The good old days where my only worry was missing my evening cartoon<\/p>\n
Or if my grandma is making me my favorite soup<\/p>\n
Back when I used to steal from her tiny kitchen like a raccoon<\/p>\n
To bribe and feed the sleeping stray cat next to her stoop<\/p>\n
The show ended and each actor parted their way<\/p>\n
As their ballet turned into a fray<\/p>\n
Because of this ballet, my memories got rekindled<\/p>\n
And now my only wish is to turn back into a child<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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