Growing up

I guess as times pass on, as we grow up, it's inevitable that we'll change as we all move along. We're no longer those young and carefree kids back then when we first met. We no longer carry bag packs with books instead of a laptop. We no longer put on uniforms and white school shoes. We no longer pull our hair back into a ponytail. We no longer laugh at the silliest things or cry over every small detail. We no longer run and sweat under the sun. We no longer poke our noses into everybody's business. We no longer have energy to wake up before the sky turns bright and stay awake for an entire day.

Right now, we are grown ups. We think a lot. We no longer smile at strangers, for fear of judging eyes. We no longer laugh out loud in public and we hold back our tears. We no longer complain about plain old school uniforms because we no longer have them. We spend so much time in front of our wardrobes every morning to dress up to impress people who'd only see the bad in us. We find it hard to talk about things because our minds were constantly on other people. We could no longer sit down for a 3 hour lunch because we'd be busy fumbling with our phones. We no longer walk down the streets near our homes because silence became awkward. We were no longer innocent and naive.

And slowly, we have found ourselves becoming people we once swore we would never become. And this is growing up. This is society. Welcome to reality. And cruelty.