When I was little,

My father was a giant, 

Filled with wisdom, athletic prowess, and worship.

When I was little,

Big words were hard, 

Sentences were hard to form, 

Grammar was strange. 

When I was little, 

My body was frail, 

My mind was large, 

My shoes were tiny. 

When I was little, 

My mother was the ruler, 

My mother had all the say, 

My mother had a little minion,  

In me. 

When I was little, 

My likings were minimal, 

My vocabulary sparse, 

My dreams, ample. 

Now I am grown, 

My father is normal sized, 

Filled with wisdom, skimpy with athletics, and worship. 

Now I am grown, 

Big words are rare, 

Sentences simple,

Grammar conquerable but still stringy.

Now I am grown, 

My body is in place, 

My mind is the same, 

My shoes are normal. 

Now I am grown, 

My mother the ruler, 

My mother has the say, 

My mother has a new minion, 

My brother. 

Now I am grown, 

My likings a list longer than the nice list, 

My vocabulary comprehensive, 

My dreams, still ample. 

Grown or little,  

Although different,  

I am me,  

The same person I was when I was little.