Temporary
We come into this world with nothing,
As nothing, a blank slate.
We don’t know the difference between good and bad,
Or the difference between mom and dad,
But not for too long,
We grow up,
Learn how to read and how to write
How to make friends and how to play Fortnite.
Then one day,
We come across a word we don’t know,
Words we can’t spell
Best friends, we’d thought we knew so well
Strayed away, and we never talked to them again.
Everything is temporary
Time flies,
Experiences, both good and bad, all passing by,
Like the time you scored that goal
Or when the Canucks won the Super Bowl.
Temporary, just lost in our memories.
Like the taste of good food,
Or driving a prelude,
Exhilarating feelings, temporary, just momentary
The shouts of your parents fight after fight,
It gets hard to sleep at night,
Because you’re torn between who’s wrong or right.
After all, what’s a day without a little night.
But it’s okay, because the tides still flow down by the bay,
It’s just temporary.
Genius ideas fade to the back of our minds until they’re nothing but a memory,
Our passions and dedications begin to take too much energy.
It’s all temporary,
Even permanent markers fade eventually.
Sooner or later, we’ll all forget about our despair,
But we also forget our blessings,
The gift of food and water, it’s not fair,
There’s others out there just living on a prayer.
But we choose to focus on the small things
Like “Why is Brady talking to Clare?”
After all, she did play with her hair.
It’s all so dumb, who even cares?
But when we leave school for the final time, we’ll realize,
It didn’t matter that we failed that test, or lost that friend,
The feelings? They didn’t last,
But the experiences made us who we are.
So forget all those times you cried,
Just fasten your seatbelt and hop inside.
We’re not here for a long time, just a good time, so enjoy the ride.