Monday Muses

//these are a few of the many little things that come to mind when I ponder about the vast ocean of childhood//

Cookies and crumbs 
and laughs and 
smiles and snacks 
and lunch boxes 
and giggles and 
play dates and 
swings and games 
and scooters and 
bikes and dress 
up and whines 
and complaints and 
stories and bragging and 
crying and feeling 
like a queen 
and friends and
family and telling
jokes and long 
boring car rides 
and learning how 
to read and write 
and having to 
write your letters 
perfectly and being 
scolded and praised 
splattering paint on 
yourself staining your 
clothes and just 
not caring spilling 
milk and slipping 
and spitting and 
being dirty and 
screaming with anger 
then screaming with 
joy buying toys 
visiting relatives giving 
hugs getting presents 
holidays saying thank 
you saying please 
saying why why 
why why why 
saying no no  
no no no 
no no no 
no no no 
no no no 
no no no 
no no no
no okay maybe 
eating doughnuts "what's
 for dinner" bad
food yummy food
bed time stories 
getting cozy brushing 
teeth "I don't 
want a bath" 
"yes you do 
honey" honey bunny 
love baby girl 
boy brother sister 
bothersome love philosophical 
talks not quite 
knowing what you're 
saying but saying
it anyway tests 
books computer iPad 
wii I want more 
cake whoops giggle 
blush sneeze cough 
lie prank copy 
stop friends jealous 
love confused wants 
needs musts maybes 
yes no maybe 
so those are 
cute no stop 
stop stop stop 
stop don't you 
understand really why 
me fine gummy 
bears chocolate no 
gluten no dairy 
people saying no 
no no no 
ok maybe weekends 
fridays ugh mondays 
paint crayons markers 
water colors rulers art 
math math math 
numbers how what 
why when where 
school no what 
what what NO 
I WON'T it's 
not fair please.

Don't leave me.

| turn the pages of an endless book |

                               | childhood, at least while you're experiencing it, seems everlasting. Sometimes people want to just  "grow up," but they don't realize how special and delicate it is until it's over |