Kayla Dollard

I cry

Ever since I was about five all I ever wanted to do was grow up,

Never wanted to be a child

And do childlike things

Only grow up and be like the older girls in my family

I remember when I was around six my mom told me my fish got too big for its tank

And that we had to give it away,

Only years later did I realize that we never gave the fish away, it died

And though I never took care of the fish, I missed him

And I cried

Just like that moment, I now realize that the childhood I wanted so desperately to go fast

I want it, and i miss it,

And I cry