Going Back
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I wish I could go back,
to the times when my biggest worry,
was how to tie my shoes,
and whether I wanted chocolate vanilla.
I wish I could go back,
to the place where my biggest mistakes
were stealing cookies out of Dad's treat stash,
and coloring outside the lines.
I wish I could go back
to playing dress up,
and kissing frogs
in hopes I'd find my prince.
I wish I could go back
to where my worst pain
was a scrape on my knee
that would only take a mother's kiss to heal.
I wish I could go back
to the times I thought
the worst things
were the monsters under my bed.
I wish I could go back
to when innocence
was still considered cute,
and not something to be given up so freely.