Analyzing Turning 10

In this poem Billy Collins is talking about how oblivious to the negatives in life you are at young ages as well as how much more magical it is because you have more imagination and don't know as many facts about the world. He captures his growing up by going through ages and what he believed or acted like at each age in his life. I think what makes this poem effective is the last paragraph when it talks about how he used to believe if he was cut he would shine light, but now he scrapes his knees and bleeds. That shows the sad change from the happy imagination of a younh kid to realizing the sad realities of the world. This poem fits into my life experience a bit because I remember each time I learned or experienced something troubling in life for the first time and felt disappointment and sadness to know that things aren't like fantasy movies or that Santa Claus ect. aren't real.