The Cruel Reality of Adulthood

This adulthood stage is no fantasy

Growing up was so much fun

I lived in my fantasies

Blamed my parents for how they turned out

I promised me I’ll never be like them

Judging by my childhood experience

I asked what could have gone wrong

I thought that just as the dilligent ones are rewarded in school

They will be rewarded in life too

Lo and behold, reality is here

The cruel reality

Now it has dawned on me

Adult don’t always get things thrown at them

My dad’s saying now makes sense

‘It will soon be your turn’, he’ll say after my tantrums

My response will always be ‘it won’t happen’

And yes, it won’t happen

I won’t let it

I refuse!

I want to live that life I envisioned,

I want to gain the rights over my response

But how has it been?

How has being an adult been?

I have to search for a source for livelihood now

How has the search been? You ask me

Not easy peasy as I thought

Numerous applications sent here and there

Not much replies

Some promised to get back

Bills kept pilling

No source to pay them

Now I realize, being an adult isn’t easy