"Grown"
we never had to worry when we were little
of all the things that we could lose
anything from belongings and our loved ones
or the opportunities we didn't choose
Things were always fixable
and everything was drama-free
life was always better
because we were still too young to see
we were told anything can be possible
and never knew lives could break apart
we never understood unfairness
or the stopping of a beating heart
everything we knew when we were young
was limited by our age
as the years passed us by
our lives moved onto a different stage
stress, problems, and reality
are just a fraction of the things we go through
our parents can no longer shelter us
from what is harsh and also true
we were protected from the world
and there were certain things we didn't know
but each year of experience added
allowed us much more room to grow
sometimes it is better to stay a kid
and not be aware of what goes on
and be able to live in a flawless world
where nothing can go wrong
if i was aware of all the burden
and know all that i know
life would still be perfect
as long as i didn't grow

"Problems"
lately it seems like all i do is lie
and i lie about the way i feel
i can also pretend very well
that my happiness is for real
the happiness that i display
does not reflect my emotions from inside
im still not fully complete
even though i have laughed and cried
i've experienced it all
and yet i haven't gone through enough
its like i can't progress forward
but i also can't give up
people see the exterior side of me
and that's the side they receive
i never meant to confuse
that's why my smile is to deceive
i don't intend to fool the world
but that's the way i learned to cope
to suppress the stress and problems
so i wont waste my faith and hope
the sadness that comes around
will be kept only to myself
i dislike showing weakness
and share my burden with someone else
this is the way i've learned to live
and i've accepted who i am
i've been managing pretty well
doing more than i know i can
there's no solution to my problem
because i think i have more than one
this is something for only me
because only i know what can be done
every second that passed by
can also be recovery that was made
until more problem comes along
and my interior it invades