When I was little the movie Peter Pan was one of my favorite childhood movies. I loved the idea of it all. There were fairies, pirates, flying, mermaids, pixie dust, love, and kids getting to do whatever they wanted in a place called Neverland. However, I remember going to my mom crying at the ending of it because I did not understand why Wendy would not go back with Peter Pan to Neverland. How could anyone give up adventures with a cute boy and a chance to go to a world where you never had to grow up? Years later, I can finally answer that question (from experience) I asked my mom, but before I begin to get into this article with details, I want you all to go listen to Peter Pan by Kelsea Ballerini. It might help put things into perspective.
To the girl going through an adventure with a boy who can’t seem to grow up and be a man.
The smile, the charm, the words, the spark, everything, he had it. He told you that you were his only. You believed him. He made you feel that rush every time you two were together. He had a way with his words to make you do anything. Naïve, but who cared you let him have your heart. But then every time he had the chance to love and be a man, he flew away. He left you lonely. He was a lost boy with his head up in the clouds. He was too busy chasing stars not knowing what he was losing. However, every piece and part of you wanted to believe in him.
You wanted an adventure with a boy who could not see your worth. You wanted an adventure with a boy that made you drive to him instead of him picking you up like a gentleman. You wanted an adventure with a boy who only saw you at night instead of the day. You wanted an adventure with a boy who hung out with other girls. You wanted an adventure with a boy who did not even care to know your favorite color or dreams. You even wanted an adventure with a boy that made you lie to your family and friends about where you were when secretly you were with him. You wanted an adventure with a boy who was too good to be true.
The adventure was heartbreaking, but it made you feel something. It allowed you to take risks like Wendy did in Peter Pan. It allowed you to take a break from reality and just love. It allowed you to believe in someone who you thought could be fixed. It allowed you the opportunity to make a boy into a man.
However, sometimes the adventure you're taking that seems to be leading you back to the same place over and over again has to end. It has to end so that a new adventure can start. You can not always fix what's broken simply because that person has to be willing to be fixed. Letting go may be hard, but the future for a new adventure is worth it.
Wendy knew that life with Peter Pan would be endless adventures, but even she knew that her worth was so much more. She knew that if he was not willing to fix himself and grow up to be a man that she would have to move on with her life.
“Now it’s happily ever never, I guess now I know better”- Keslea Ballerini
