"Before And Now"

Before And Now

Before I lived alone as a lost little boy.
Now I feel as a man and my life I enjoy.
I lived in dreams and cast out the world.
Now in reality I treasure life like a pearl.


Many years I just wanted to be alone.
Now I love each day that comes along.
I never realized I would regret my life.
Before I married my understanding wife.


Before I was frightened to face the day.
Now as a man ready to face what may.
I held much hate and dislikes of others.
Now I consider them a sister or brother.


I failed to realize life is a short instant.
Now I grab all of every fleeting second.
I am ending this life I haven't beckoned.
For a life of reality I am ready to second.

By: Kings

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