A Crystal Ball
You hug your child and kiss the wife
And smile to yourself, what a wonderful life
Straighten your tie, polish your shoes
Check your phone for any news.
There’s no clouds to darken your day
Your life is well, just child’s play
Your future bright and retirements planned
Its one great big wonderland.
Another house another life
His wife is just causing strife
The kids crying really loud
There’s no sign of a silver cloud.
The booze is flowing
Cigarette ends glowing
The radio turned up loud
He is belting out oasis lyrics aloud.
The traffic is heavy and you’re in a hurry
you’re running late and start to worry
the car phone ringing the speedometer climbing
with your blood pressure rising
when the two cars they collide
the newspaper headline reads one drivers died
one life that’s cut tragically short
but its you not him who will be going court
I bet you wished you owned a crystal ball
Instead your staring at a cell wall
no more kissing the wife and the wonderful life polishing shoes and reading the news .
Copyright © Stephen Pennell | Year Posted 2019
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