There Used To Be a Time...

Author's Note:  I wrote this piece while I was in math class last a few weeks ago. At first, I just had a phrase repeating itself over and over again in my head and then I had a whole paragraph written out. 

There used to be a time when we all used to run around barefoot together, catching fireflies and freeing them.

There used to be a time where judging one another was unthinkable.

 The only thing we fought about was whose favorite color got to be pink. What happened to running wild and running free? We'd dance in the rain and look like freaks even when we knew people were looking. It didn't matter what our hair looked like or what clothes we were wearing. We only saw each others hearts and now...now we base each other on appearance and popularity. If this is what growing up is like, then I want time to freeze. I miss my youth. I miss the old me and I miss the old you.