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5.

5 years old with eyes wide open

Wishes made and granted

Dreaming, living, reaching, hoping

Magical and enchanted

 

10 years old with dreams still intact

A light at the end of the tunnel

Your goals will be achieved; you know that for a fact

And that's worth all the struggle.

 

15 years old, your eyes are sunken

Because you've barely slept

Your tolerance has severely shrunken

And every night you've wept

 

20 years old you're lost and afraid

The game has just begun

So why does it feel like you've lost already

And everyone else has won?

 

25 and you've got it figured out

Maybe there is a light in this tunnel

Of course, of course you've still got your doubts

But maybe the end will be worth the struggle.

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Written by
cameron-godfrey
American
Published
Apr 6, 2014
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Tags
#inspiration#age#motivation
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