The phase - Jijnyasa Routray

Who cared about bills

we were too busy watching cartoons.

Who cared about grades

we were too busy zoning out.

Look how times have changed

I miss the peaceful sleep,

head's too heavy carrying

the stress.

Not caring about what people said

to a people pleasure,

just trying to fit in the crowd.

Crying on the slightest pain

to hiding deep injuries'

'No one should see the other side.'

Not being judged for anything

to thinking before a move

those care free days were

something we forgot to cherish.

Nothing can change'

but I wish to dream

of childhood once before

I die.

Counting my days to end,

I opened the album

the nostalgia strikes hard

I fell in love with

the kid that had died

inside me a long time ago.

I closed my eyes thinking

the child in me needs

a rebirth.