When We Were Young

Here we are,
Growing old and wiser,
The months and years were short,
but the days were the longest.

Nostalgia,
We reminisce about it again,
Our body shrinks back into smaller figure,
and all the worries on our shoulders disappear.

I remember...
We were rushing to bathe,
Until we had collided into each other,
You hurt your nose and I hurt my stomach.

I remember...
We were at our tuition centre,
Right after our class has ended,
Your mom was busy and we played at the back.

I remember...
I was sneaking and playing at the computer,
Dad caught me in the act and I panicked,
Knocking on the bed and you nearly laughed at that.

I remember...
We were on the computer side by side,
chatting away with our greatest penpal from Singapore,
until one day we literally wrestled in front of the computer.

I remember...
We played ball in my sister's room,
The ball went so off from the cupboard to the table,
We couldn't stop laughing for what seems like hours!

I remember...
We use to have annual sleepovers at each other's houses,
We enjoyed each other's company and kept chatting away,
Until it was 5 AM and we watched the sunrise together with bliss.

I remember...
We were craziest in our imagination,
All we did was act and act so spontaneously,
We even created a whole new world inside our very minds.

I remember...
Disney movies and shows were the 'it' of that time,
We never grew tired of watching them when we were little,
Our parents watched us being together so youthfully.

I remember...
All we did was laugh loudly together,
Nothing seemed to matter in world anymore,
Except for the fact that you were once by my side.

The truth hurts,
My heart dare not admit we have changed,
Growing older, mature and of course, more selfish.
Now I wonder... where had the innocence disappeared?

Pains me to say,
That all those were memories kept in our great brain,
Our bodies grew back old and the burdens comes back again,
With my heavy heart crushing, oh I have only one dear wish...

To be young again.

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Dedicated to my dear cousin and Singaporean pen-pal. You know who you are. =) Thanks for the memories.