And...

I have games to play

and dragons to slay

and friends to make

and rules to break

and lessons to learn

and respect to earn

and a penchant for tomorrow.

I have chances to take

and giants to wake

and bills to pay

and truths to weigh

and calories to burn

and corners to turn

and a smile for every sorrow.

I have children to teach

and castles to breach

and flavors to marry

and secrets to bury

and tests to fail

and fences to scale

and a story of flesh and bone

I have mirrors to face

and monsters to chase

and poems to write

and doubts to smite

and choices to choose

and nothing to lose

and a journey to call my own

© Jeff Wilson, 2013