take me back to when
I longed to grow into a teenager.
take me back to when my smile
was genuine, untouched by the world.
take me back to when I belonged
perfectly in the space of my father's lap.
take me back to when my mother's hands
gently wove through my hair with care.
take me back to when snowfall
meant wonder, not weather.
take me back to the crossings
where my tiny hand clutched my father's with trust.
take me back to when everything
felt vivid, honest, and deeply alive
and take me back to the time
when my Barbie phone meant more than the world. Take me back to my childhood. Take me back to my childhood. Take me back to my childhood. © FALAK IDREES ***
Falak Idrees is a student of Radiant Higher Secondary, Anantnag, Kashmir.
She is an aspiring medical student with literary flavors, representing
the dynamics of humanistic values in the poems she writes.