There comes a time in all our lives

There comes a time in all our lives when we must leave the child behind

And become the adult we were sent here to be

Leave her in a safe place

Where he can still ground us to the lessons we have learned

The bridges we have crossed

The trials we have faced

But there comes a time in all our lives when we must become the adult we are meant to be

Never forgetting the child that remains within us all

Never leaving her alone

Never shutting him out

But knowing the days of childhood are done

Grown and moulded

Into the woman

The man

We are meant to be

Putting aside all the antics

We used as a child to get our way

Instead shaping them into tools

Tools to help us move on

To teach

To learn

To share

To pave the way for others to begin

There comes a time in all our lives when we must become the adult

No longer needing to embarrass

To insult

To betray

In order to stand heads and shoulders above the rest

Thinking we are showing we are adults

When instead we are allowing the petulant child that still remains within us all

To rear its head and consume us as adults

Showing the broken

The scarred

The one who will not grow up

There comes a time when we must reconcile with the child within

The one waiting for us to quell his fears

Listen to her asking for help

And help her

Assist him

To become the adults we were sent here to be

No tirades

No snatching

No grabbing the light

At the expense of others

Those were things we did when we were children

When we did not know maturity

When we did not know there is enough for all of us

When we were learning how to become an adult

Some of us remain tethered to the child

The broken one that remains inside

Rather than releasing him

Giving her wings to fly

By accepting all that has happened to us

Happened to make us the man

The woman we are today

There is no sense in blaming anyone else

For the cards we have been dealt

For the hand we have been given

Because each one of us asked for it

Before we came

We chose our parents

We chose us

We chose the circumstances we found ourselves in

Growing us from child to adult

There is a time when we must surrender the child

The child that remains within us all

Back to her place

His place

With gratitude and grace

Thanking him

Praising her

For the journey she has taken

The path he navigated

To get us to this place

This place

Where we forgive

We understand

We move on

Embracing

Hugging

Thanking

And biding Adieu

The child that got us to this place

This place where we let go of the childish tantrums

And look the woman

The man

Who looks back at us in the mirror

And claim him, her for who we are

With dignity and grace

Love and faith

Because there comes a time in all of our lives

When we must become the adult

We asked to come here to be.