I couldn’t wait  

to do things on my own 

To pay for things on my own 

To live on my own 

I was 17 

I finally got my driver's license  

All I wanted to do was leave 

Drive wherever the road took me 

Leave without having a destination in mind 

I was finally an adult 

Or so I thought 

I grew up 

I paid for my own gas, food, clothes 

I had a job 

I missed my parents 

I thought about my childhood 

All the family car rides 

Not needing to worry if I had money 

Not needing to worry if I had to get my sister from practice 

That is when I grew up 

Thinking about my childhood