The sky is dark and the moon sleeps blank,
This world I live in as plain as this scene.
No one stops to count the stars these days,
Yet I still lay here gazing upon this dream.

The grass once thick and unmended,
Everything around me now flat and worn.
No one stops to count the blades,
Yet I still smile and count in scorn.

We all used to see vivid things without doubt,
Now we all scold thinking with your heart.
No one pretends they live in a magical world,
Yet I still laugh when I play in a food mart.

Everyone used to love being a kid,
Now we all live like its a stupid thing to be.
No one wants to play like we're young,
Yet I still can't understand what they all see.

When did life become a duty...
When did love become a fight...
When did friends become "mutual"...
When did time grow so short...

When did we forget to just be ourselves...

Trees used to be something to climb on,
Now they're just paper and scenery,
No one finds adventure in so little,
Yet I still find a story to the smallest things.

We would play and laugh with whatever we  had,
Now we complain when we have less.
No one is content with life without material,
Yet I still ask for nothing but my time.

Cereal, Soda, Candy, and Popcorn were gifts,
Now they are feared and fill us with regret.
No one wants to enjoy such things now,
Yet I still eat to heart's content, not my weight's.

Music used to be filled with silly words and laughter,
Now everything must be popular or "mature".
No one enjoys silly songs these days,
Yet I still sing with the Oompa Loompas.

When did politics replace cartoons...
When did maturity replace spirit...
When did angst take hold over joy...
When did technology replace voices...
When did a screen replace the outdoors...
When did life in my eyes become a dream...

When did everyone stop dreaming...