An Ode..!

Childish deeds

Laughing carelessly

Unaffected by miseries, 
Happy times

You were beside me through it all

Being naïve, enjoying the youth

You helped me imagine perfection

A key to my freedom

Holding my hand

Nudging me to taste success

Giving me the confidence 
Letting me know that my dreams are not fantasies

That there was a world beyond this

Believing in purity

And friendship

You led me to the reality

Only to open my eyes

Your strictness couldn't dishearten me

As long as you were genuine

Dependable on you

Always as a friend

All along never realizing that there was more

You expressed your feelings like a song

But I just enjoyed the music, ignoring the lyrics

Gullible, innocent or maybe just trusting

Finally getting hit by another reality

Falling for the real thing

Turning to you to share the joy

Only to realise that you no longer held my hand

as it was the lyrics of some other song that I heard,

You left me to face it all alone

For the better or for worse I didn't know.

An ode to you now,

For letting me see the truth

And not the idealism

Disappearing, perhaps, for my own good.