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Growing Up

Lyrics to an original song written by Sagar Welling

 

 

Once upon a time

I thought that dreams came true.

There was a time 

When childhood’s innocence existed.

And I’d thought that I could hold onto it.

And I thought that nothing could get through.

 

But one day it was there

And then it wasn’t.

My past, no grasp, slipping from me.

I thought that I could hold onto it forever

I thought that I could stay strong.

 

I never even got to watch it fade away

I never got to savor the feel

And if this is what you call growing up,

I wish it wouldn’t happen, I wish it wasn’t real

 

But all those dreams,

And all those times,

Engraved in stone

Will never die

 

I’m not a child,

Anymore,

But that doesn’t mean

My past is torn

 

Though it’s gone,

And though it’s left me,

I still have an entire life to live,

And will always carry those memories

In my heart.

 

 

 

 

Sagar Welling is a 16 year old writer from Argentina who is currently toiling over a book of short stories with hand-drawn, personalized illustrations. His favorite poet is Robert Frost, and her favorite poem is "A Road not Taken".