Wishes of Peter Pan

I had a dream
to get lost in stars and garters
hoping to never grow up
for books were brains
and dreams were to fly
in my own dreams of flight
hoping to never grow up
although sky bursts
were never the flares
in the eyes of Mother
when she punished
and she did hard
with spoons full o'food
that broke my gums
i still hope never to grow up
for anorexia threatens my adulthood
expecting not to grow too much
not even an inch taller
but wide worlds within
hoping to never grow up
hoping to never
ever
grow
up
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