The Future

We plan

5 years

10 years

20 years

Into the future.

Mapping out our whole life.

And for what?

It never turns out the way we thought it would.

Little fantasies of the perfect life that God will never give you.

No matter how much you strive for it.

Wrapped up in glossy paper and ribbons, now torn to shreds.

The present inside was a mere pence to what you were expecting.

But we continue on this path of planing

Hoping

Wishing

Thinking somehow

This time

It will work out.

But is doesn't.

Because the future is unknown

Unpredictable

Always changing

Shifting

Farther away from what you had hoped it would be.

Why?

Because this is reality.

And in reality things are hard.

We don't get fairytale endings.

The main characters can die.

At anytime.

Relationships fall apart

Even when they swore forever.

Companies fail.

Jobs are lost.

Even when you have sacrificed family and time for the sake of being a good employee.

People can be cruel and do unspeakable things

For their own gain.

Worlds

Fall apart.

One

Act

At a time.

The assumed promises

Are broken

Easily

Here.

The future

Is the biggest lie

We will ever believe.

Because

We foolishly believe

We will live it.