Reflections

As the years fly by,

I sit back and reflect

The life I live,

striving to make it perfect.

A childhood full of love and care,

nurtured with joy and happiness

Taught me virtues of honesty,

dedication, patience and kindness.

As I entered my teenage years,

the rose-tint began to wear away.

Of love and hate, truth and deceit,

I had to choose a path that before me lay.

Growing up, stepping into the big, bad world,

Not knowing if I would survive,

Convictions and conscience was all I had,

My biggest teacher was life.

People, like seasons, come and go

As my life's story unfolds.

Some stayed back in my heart,

With feelings still untold.

My strife for Utopia,

A life that's oh-so-perfect..

An endless struggle it shall be,

As I sit back and reflect.

- NP