Resignation From Adulthood

I am hereby officially tendering

My resignation as an adult. I have

Decided I would like to accept the 

Responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think

That it's a four start restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud

Puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to think M&M's are better than

Money because you can eat them.

I want to lie under a big oak tree and

Run a lemonade stand with my friends

On a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple;

When all you knew were colors,

Multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes,

But that didn't bother you,

Because you didn't know what you

Didn't know and you didn't care.

All you knew was to be happy because you

Were blissfully unaware of all the things that

Should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair.

That everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe that anything is possible.

I want to be oblivious to the complexities 

Of life and be overly excited by 

The little things again.

I want to live simple again.

I don't want my day to consist of

Computer crashes, mountains of paperwork,

Depressing news, how to survive more days

In the month than there is money in the

Bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness

And loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of

Smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth 

 Justice, peace, dreams, the imagination,   

Fairy tales, mankind, and making angels in the snow. 

 So.... here's my checkbook

And my car-keys, my credit card bills

 And my 401K statements.

I am officially resigning from adulthood.

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