Remember

Remember when protection meant wearing a helmet, when the worse things you can get from boys were cooties? Dad’s shoulders were the highest place on earth and mom was your hero? Race issues were about who ran the fastest. War was only a card ...game. The only drug you knew was cough medicine. Wearing a skirt didn't make you a slut. The only thing that hurt you were skinned knees and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow? And we couldn't wait to grow up. When your close friends become your worse enemies. Your boyfriend becomes more then a memory. People pass away you never thought of losing. Kool-aid turns into alcohol. The innocent ones turn into sluts. Homework goes in the trash. Cell phones are being used in class. Time out becomes suspension. Soda becomes beer, bikes become cars.