once upon a time

Once upon a time

I was a nobody like every one else

Finished school eyes wide in surprise

Dreaming about the future in no order

I didn't know about

I wasn't prepared for it

I soaked up it in school

The cushion of my mind

Now when school life was over

I cycled around the town

I enjoyed the freedom for a while

Before the truth came crushing down

When money became an issue

Without job there is no future

The cushion finally broke

I had to find a job

Once upon a time

Life was care free

The windy soft breezes came

Under the trees swaying the day

Out in the school compound

Life wasn't the rose I felt it would

The reality bites when you have to earned

In a life I thought it would come easy

Mother words were harsh

There was nothing as free stay

I galloped it up and started living

I never turned back; I hardly returned

Once upon a time

Looking out the windows

It was just a simple living

How it turned when school life was over

The cocoon shelf broke

The years turned into adult

Life perspective was different

The age too playing a part

Once upon a time

The wind was cool

The breezes uplifting

I was lucky in my time

The bad people I mix

The kind souls told me to forget

Life of crime has no future

It is better I chart my own destiny

Learn a few tips

Life isn't a bed of roses

You learned the thorns

You felt the pricking pushes

It never wants a lazy ball

It needs the ball to keep rolling

Along the way knocks down pins

Learn to live and survive in it

The tools of the trade

Learn the ropes and have a thick skin

Don't be shy to ask for assistance

It helps to get the ball rolling

Nothing stays forever

There will be a time it has to come down

Enjoy the ride when it is in the clouds

Once upon a time it seems like the beginning