Deadline

Recipes flash in my mind
Meals for me to prepare
Projects I’d leave undone
Classes meant to be skipped
Dates to blow off purposely
Hearts to be torn into shreds
Housework to be left unfinished
Children to clothe and rear
What does my future behold?

People to see and meet
Appointments to fret over
Pain to endear dreadfully
Jobs to apply and receive
Tricks to pull childishly
Injuries to sustain the record
Love to be shy about
What does my future behold?

My future is bright and colorful
No one taints the sparkle
No set way to screw my life up
Just a way to live freely
Forgetting what I did in the past
Men to meet with love
Families to rise to be strong
I will meet my life’s Deadline