Poetry Post 289

Guarantees of Life

If there is one thing I learned in all my years
Is your guarantees will be mixes of cheers and tears
You're guaranteed you'll be liked, you're guaranteed you'll be loved
You're guaranteed you'll be kicked, pushed, and shoved
You will be guaranteed a friend
You'll only need one to last to the end
You will sometimes get less than your greed
You will sometimes get more than your need
You're guaranteed to get some means of getting food
You're guaranteed to meet somebody rude
You're guaranteed to hear a lie
You're guaranteed to be successful at something you try
Lawyers, congressmen, and salesmen will plea
To trust what they will guarantee
But their guarantees will mean nothing
They won't give you what they say they'll bring
Human trust will be broken
So trust the guarantees unspoken
Your life will be divided between love and hate
But still you have a chance to control your fate

Love Advice
When love grows too fast
Even the true ones cannot last
So when you find a love that's pure
Keep it slow so it will endure
It would be worth it all in the end
To have a love that will infinitely extend

The Public World
Going out in the public
The sins of the world make me sick
The world is such a sad place to be
Looking for a better world for me
No such place does exist
But this time I must persist
With this world in such a sad way
I'll just let myself fade away