An Adults Lament

Shehnaz Would you be so kind

Come with me , lets walk behind

Lets look at me once again

On Lifes Journey in the Train ?

To laugh , Jump and simply be happy

To play on with friends and chappies

To be ourselves we could without a care

Lighter were we without these masks we wear

When Sunrise beckoned us to Rise and shine

That life which now seems so divine

Children were we , looking to a bright future

Only dreams it was , that we had to nurture

To those days Shehnaz, when were in kiddie cults

To feel grown up , for we thought we were adults 

Nothing was ever wrong, for it was ever alright 

Rats and roaches were the only ones to cause a fright

Suddenly , time flew quickly and adults were we

Judged and taxed , for nothing was free

The stains of living were painful and stubborn 

Carefree were we, now we had a life to govern

From brothers and sisters sons and daughters 

Evolved into wives husbands fathers and mothers 

Peeves of childhood that our parents were wrong 

The truth of it , our children sing the same song 

An adult I yearn not , a little child I now want to be 

Let's go there Shehnaz , that's the day I want to see

For when I look back , I tearfully, wistfully smile

Can we go there Shehnaz for at least a little while ?