I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

If growing up means

Growing apart,

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

Learning to discriminate

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

To strictly go by the rusted norms

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

Holding back my laughter

When I want to burst out

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

Doubting my fellow humans

On baseless assumptions

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

Realising that life isn’t

Actually a fairy tale

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

To give up on happiness

And compromise

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

 I need to sync my thoughts

With that of the worlds

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

To accept that a simple Hello,

A genuine smile can’t fix all

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

Believing that I have limitations

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

 

If growing up means

Making things complicated

For no good reason

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

Knowing that freedom

Comes for a price

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

 To act according to others whims

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

To be careful not to question all

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

Considering humans

More important than animals

Then I don’t wanna grow up.

If growing up means

Getting old

Then I don’t wanna grow up.