I Promise I'll Never Cry Again

Take me back to my childhood,
take me back to the beginning.
Put me to sleep so that when I awake,
I’m back to six years old.
Six years into the life I didn’t even know I had.
Reckless, an impenetrable fortress of noise and laughter.
Take me back to my childhood,
take me back to the beginning.
Put me back into my father’s lap,
and make him the only man who matters.
Six minutes into some cartoon we both found so funny.
So cared for and adored.
Take me back to my childhood,
take me back to the beginning.
Six books into bedtime,
just a few more minutes until my eyes close and I’m a wild thing too.
So warm in my bed.
Take me back to my childhood,
take me back to the beginning.
Six bouts of the giggles to overcome,
as I help my mother make spaghetti.
So full of indescribable love and pasta.
Take me back to my childhood, take me back to the beginning.
Six more years before I know what sex is.
And before I’m worried about lip gloss and boys.
So full of innocence and the purest curiosity.
Take me back to my childhood,
I just want my childhood.
Take me back to my childhood,
I promise I’ll never cry again.