Remember When...

Remember when...

War was just a card game,
army men were only plastic,
getting high was something you did on the swings,
boys had cooties,
your worst enemies were your little siblings,
race issues were who ran the fastest,
daddy was the boy we were going to marry,
you invited your whole class to birthday parties and everyone got a valentine,
your biggest problems dealt with math,
the only drug known was cough medicine,
the only thing you smoked were tires on a bike,
cigarrettes were candy,
toys were the only things that got broken,
skinned knees were the only things that hurt,
tatoos were only temporary,
shots were only given by doctor,
bombs were water balloons,
bad words were jerk and meanie,
trash was literally garbage,
everything had a happy ending,
&& Life was simple and care free,

but what I remember most was wanting to grow up.