ONCE UPON A TIME

What if I read to you a story starting "once upon a time"

And you realise it was your life spelt out on every line

Would you be silent in wonder?

As my voice brushes across each word

Would you ponder?

As to be sure if it was your actual world

As I write

I pray my hands had the strength to hold

The truth about your world

What if I start to tell you your story?

Would your view on life be different?

And would it shock you most to find?

That the little things you thought defined

You

Could be summed up in just four lines

And all the ones you took for granted

The Mistake and success of everyday 

Played a bigger part in who you are today

Than you would ever dare to say

I hope you could vow to make each moment one that you would be proud to read

Because, there, is the story of your life 

But it is you who holds the pen

And I hope you fill the pages right

Before it reaches the end.