back when things were totally different?
i do.

i remember a time when i thought of the worls as being no more than the city i resided in, and the surrounding counties that the weatherman from the news told me about.
now i know that the world is a much, much bigger place, and there are many more people than it can handle.

i remember a time when i was once so easily-tanned, bronzed all of the time - mother says i looked kind of hispanic - with those blonde, bouncy spiral-curls everyone dreamt of having, and those skirts and dresses i'd fancy on wearing every day.
now i'm white - cocaine, glowing-in-the-sun white - with pale, pink eyelids, flat ironed hair - straight as i can get it in the small timeframe i have in the mornings -, and decked in jackets and jeans. (i don't think i've worn a skirt since the sixth/seventh grade.)

i remember a time when i busied myself with the dirt on the ground, and the butterflies and clouds in the sky.
now i busy myself with the phone in my hands, the camera that'll always be at ready, and the music beating away at my ear drums.

i remember a time when i was so easily persuaded with everything people said, or what happened in the world.
now i question everything, vexing over the simplist of things; and not trusting much of what people say. we've all learned the hard way.

i remember a time when i felt pain, but it was only from my adventures in the trees - scraps and scabs all over for months.
now i feel a pain in total difference, a pain i wish would stay foreign.

i remember a time when i'd wage wars with trading cards and electronic games.
now i wage wars with my parents, myself, and sometimes, my friends.

i remember a time when i dreamt of a prince charming.
now i'd rather be the prince charming than anything.

i remember a time when i had no real connection to the music i listened to, and i never felt the meaning of it.
now the music i listen to are mainly metaphoric memories, ones i'll never let go.

i remember so much more, soso much more.
more than i'd rather say.
but i ask you,
do you remember?
remember a time when you were completely different?
ifso-
record it.
tell me about it.