I am missing something
Something important
I am missing a piece of me
A vital piece of myself
A piece of my childhood
My teen hood
I have missed my teen hood
The joy and the delight of being young
The long hours spend with friends
The afternoons spend at malls in arcades
The hours spent talking on the phone about nothing
The birthday parties and the get togethers
The days spent exploring the city with friends
I have missed it
The times spend skipping school to go to the mall
Spending all day at movie theaters with comrades
The all night stay ups and sleepovers
Sneaking out of the house to go hang with a girl
The 3 hour make-out sessions
Concert hopping and club bashes
I have missed that to
The afternoons spend riding bikes all over town
The slumber parties with friends
Falling in love and finding the perfect girl
The warm afternoons spent having water fights
Getting into fights with friends then making up 5 minutes later
Sneaking to a friends house to watch an R rated movie
The days spend at the pool under the sun
I have missed it all
These are the teen years
I have missed my teen years
I have been far away
In another land
Across the great pond
In a distant place
Away from home
In Germany I have been
Far away from my domicile
Away from my dreams and hopes
Here I have been trapped and incarcerated
Missing it all
Missing everything that was supposed to be
When I was supposed to be having fun I sat rigid
When I should have been at a mall I was at home
When I should be sneaking out I was here slumbering
When I should have found a girl I found rot
When I should have been swimming I was here whimpering
When I should have been exploring I was here absorbing
Absorbing the fact that I missed my teen years
As I move into adult hood now I wonder
Why did I have to miss my teen years and the joys it brought?
Why did I have to move to Germany?
Why did I have to cross the great pond?
Why did this have to be like this?
But whats the point now
My teen hood is lost
Its gone now
Forever
