Bittersweet Tastes that Linger

Written by Violent Yan from Virginia, USA

Such a fond lollipop-memory

Childhood's beginnings all gummy drops 

Life sweet in its sugar packet 

A fairytale of possibility, of endless time

Childhood's beginnings all gummy drops

Before years march on to adolescence

So that we wish for a return to a

Life sweet in its sugar packet

Before years march on to adolescence

Barefoot dancing on shag carpet

So that we wish for a return to

Stress not enshrouding our shoulders 

Barefoot dancing on shag carpet

All replaced with panicked worries

Stress not enshrouding our shoulders

As we fret about straight A's

All replaced with panicked worries

Thinking too far ahead

As we fret about straight A's

We agonize about the Future

Thinking too far ahead

Somehow we must dig out lollipop-memories

We agonize about the Future

But we must find our journey’s joy

Somehow we must dig out lollipop-memories

Holding onto them to remind us of our purpose

But we must find our journey’s joy

So we clutch onto a fading glimpse of

Such a fond lollipop-memory…