A touching poem saying goodbye to childhood and friends.

Say goodbye to childhood dreams and childhood innocence.

Tell mom and dad that I have grown up.

No longer naive, know how to survive.

Because Jesus is my friend and my traveling companion.

Let me know what love is, let me know what hate is.

Let me know what is beauty and ugliness, good and evil, false and true.

Let me fly in the sky like an eagle.

Let the storm wash away my wings and go forward bravely.