I long for those days

So, my life is hectic. I know that as a fact now. I wish it wasn't. I wish it was back to how it was a long time ago. During the summer, when I was around the age of 6. That's how I want it to be. Spending the long days running barefoot, picking fights with the boys, getting covered in dirt and mud, riding my bike to the creek and going swimming. Why can't it be like that? Why can't it be like the way it was? The way i long for. The way I wish it could have stayed, forever. Why couldn't it?