a poem by Courtney
 

When I was young
I thought that life was
A game,
A fairly land
That no one ever died
That nothing ever changed
That the good guys always won
That nothing ever went wrong
Everyone was fair
Mermaid and fairies were
Real
But I grew up
As everyone does
No one lives forever
Life is never fair of easy
You have to live in not only
In the present but also in
Reality
People die
And people change
But sometimes when I close
My eyes
I can see my fairly land
As new as ever

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