This childish heart of mine

When I was once a child

I was told that the world

Was a place where I could

Simply be me.

As long as I was strong

I didn't ask what happened

to those who weren't strong

Or what would happen to me

If I wasn't

I was afraid

I was told that I had

A big heart filled with joy.

But that space was also filled

With other things

Like pain

But everything I had

When I was a child faded

As I became older and wiser

It was duller

My heart

I'd been chasing after so many

Unimportant things that I kept

On tripping up over my

Own two feet

Clumsy, foolish...

It was all just too much...

For my childish heart