Childhood

I miss my childhood

Where no one was shrewd

All played all day

And aside worries lay

I miss my childhood

When everything felt good

Except when the exams came

Leaving play felt so lame

I miss my childhood

When life wasn't so crude

Even when told a thing or two

I forgot 'em as if they weren't true

I miss my childhood

When joy was life's food

Nothing else mattered

Except when friendships shattered

I was told to grow up

And I did what was tough

Bidding adieu to purity

Leaving behind incorruptibility

Many moons have shone since

The day when I dreamt becoming 'Prince'

Now I'm told to join a race

Running a pointless chase

Good were the days when I could cry

For I can't anymore even if I try

All that well up within

Remain under a cloak so clean

I miss my childhood 

When nobody told lie

When to be happy

I didn't have to try.