When worries wear me down,
I just close my eyes and take a trip down memory lane.
Oh, how I wish I could relive my childhood days.....
When laughter and happiness were all I knew.
When troubles and sorrows were far ahead of me.

Those wonderful days seem like a dream
Riding around in my bicycle in the mornings;
Chasing after butterflies in the afternoons;
Playing with my dolls in the evenings;
Watching Oswald before I went to bed at night.
All are sweet but faded memories.

When it was summer, I spent all my days playing with my perro
And collecting dried leaves on the driveway.
When it was winter, I spent all my nights prancing around the Christmas tree
And gobbling down my grandma's delicious fruitcakes.
The days of my childhood washed away with the rain.

When I was a child, I could be anyone I desired to be.
A princess, a mermaid, a fairy, an angel-
Imagination was all I needed to fulfill these fantasies
But reality hit me hard one day and crushed my dreams.

When worries wear me down,
I just close my eyes and take a trip down memory lane.
Oh, how I wish I were a child again.....
To know only of laughter and happiness.
To put my troubles and sorrows far behind me.


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