SNARES OF TOMORROW

There are these lessons I locked away Buried deep where my soul's shadows play. Lessons from the childhood tales I was told On how to be a man, brave and bold. As a child, I grew up, gay and bold Son of a village teacher paid in Gold I had everything a village boy could desire Love and opportunities to inspire. Little did I know life demands more Than love and dreams of kissing the skies It needs a heart to endure pains And a body that withstands life's rains. Now I'm grown, yet still I feel stuck Were all those candies traps in disguise? I may have lived a childhood spun from lies Now trying to escape yesterday's snares.