A True Play

They say it was easier then

It’s a lie

Life has always been hard

In different ways

Yes

I may have been a child

But I was observant

I saw that death was real

And so was pain

I saw that you could say one thing

And do something

Entirely different

My little brain sparked

More fearsome than a giant

Taking in the world

With anguish

Delight was a play

I dressed up in

Every now and then

To distract from my knowledge

Anyway

Children grow

Into adults

When they do

Everyone finds the noticing

Less amazing

More annoying

And delight is hard to play

But not distraction

Distraction is everywhere

But mostly in our phones

And in the people who love

To close there ears and eyes

And spin around pointing

At the newest scapegoat

For today’s crimes

I try to unwind my delight

From distraction

It’s like untangling twinkly lights

I want to find the real joys of life

And discard the lies

They love to sell