Time

There was a time
When my eyes were blind
To the things my parents
Didn’t want me to see
There was a time
When I didn’t mind
That no one tried
To explain these things to me

When did that time disappear?
When did I stop believing and why?
Did I grow up without realising?
Or did someone tell me it was all a lie?

There was a day
When I would never say
These truly terrible things
I have in my mind
And there was a day
When these thoughts lay
Silent. But I have changed
With the time

This isn’t how I saw my life
This isn’t how I imagined things would go
Why didn’t I watch the hands of time,
As my life ebbed away?