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 .