Past, Present and Future

Every child yearns to become grown
Every adult wishes to go back to their home,
Children today are so set on tomorrow,
They’ll never see the adults worry and sorrow,
It’s funny that when we're young we wish to grow old,
Just so then we can make our own decisions and not have to be told,
It still stuns me when I see the bewilderment in a child's eyes,
They won’t ever know what they're trying to leave behind,
I wish children could see what they have today,
Instead of wishing every moment of their youth away.