Don't look at life
through starry-eyes
it's not a fairy-tale
you'll wake up to realise-

neither is it
the dream you desire
set your feet right
on earth-  let your fancy expire--

love and beauty how they sparkle!
Know this: they will wane and fall to sleep
all that's experienced is illusory
which memory will find very hard to keep-

trust not the fine-tuned words
of the poets---they are half-asleep :
let's not look at life through starry-eyes
reality is harsh and truly cuts deep