GROWING UP

Grim fantasy

Jostled to read reality

By the children of competition.

Swing-set simplicity

Pushed to screaming complexity

By bullying maturation.

Little League dream-state

Awakened to pony-tailed fate

By brush back flirtation.

Bell-rung complicity

Ignored to peer felicity

By hallmark exploration.

Prominent differences

Envied at promiscuous dances

By hormonal hesitation.

Carnal serendipity

Monopolized to triviality

By uniformed gyration.

Sheep-skinned saviors

Eulogized mythical behavior

By our readied generation.

Refreshed tenacity

Exhausted to lettered adversity

By scholarly compilation.

Bloody-eyed innocence

Clarified to illusory brilliance

By bottomed realization.