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.