Growing Up. Growing Old

To the child in me, they seemed so grownup.
To the child in me, they seemed so grownup.

When I was little my adult relatives knew so much.
They guided me and taught me best as they could.
They were wise and all knowing to naive, little me.

To the child in me, they seemed so grownup.
To the child in me, they seemed so grownup.

I watched their examples, their speech, their mannerisms.
Like a kid in a candy store, I absorbed some and rejected others
For better or for worse, they helped make me who I am today.

To the child in me, they seemed so grownup.
To the child in me, they seemed so grownup.

Seasons blended together and the decades rolled on.
I became an adult and they got on in years and needed help.
Times have changed, now it is me who has to care for them.

To the child in me, they seemed so grownup.
To the child in me, they seemed so grownup.