Growing Up

[virtuoso]

Internal compass in my mind quickly spinning
Monotonous pendulum above my head swaying
Time's shadow my fleeting footsteps erasing
Bright lights on glamorous plateau slowly fading

School books brimming with passe', dated persuasion
Dimensions of parents cyclical orbit, erudite equation
Endless, boring hours day dreaming about life's vocation
With style, speech, actions seeking peer's commendation