Sometimes things can be planned out so well in advance

That when it comes time for them, they do go askance

As all of the idealistic fervor you acquired over months

Disappears amidst the stumbles and falls as you're punched



From side-to-side, and the bag which you then feel you are

Becomes filled with lead and fixes you in place to be marred

By the let-down which others do as they evolve their parts

In the scenario they did co-write when deep from their hearts



They saw visions which were oh, so very, very clear to them

And you played along, knowing it was all so very under hem

For the reality is - nothing which is fantasized ever stems

As the ONLY real pleasure in life comes from things which 

                                    are NOT pre-penned ... 



- Tristram