Understood?


You make a wish,
After it has come true.
You're instructing others,
But don't know what to do.
Smile long before,
The joke was even told.
You become younger,
As you grow old.
You always dream,
Yet, you're wide awake.
You are so sure,
But still begin to shake.
You give away,
The little that you own.
And then complain,
That it's harder all alone.
Blow out the candles,
Before they were lit.
And begin to cry,
Before you were hit.
Worry about the things,
That haven't happened yet.
And dream of having only,
What you know you'll never get.



Hrysoula L. Davis, October 18, 1997
Copyright © Hrysoula L. Davis 1997




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