All my life (literature)

All my life believed that the world was round

I believed that hard work pays, that the world played fair

I believed that aliens existed, and that mankind wasn’t alone

I believed that my father was superman, and my mother, superwoman

I believed that a pauper could become wealthy

That hard work could accomplish that

Because they say “no pain no gain”

I believed I could walk on water, if I wanted

I believed that I could climb mount Everest

That I could walk on the moon or swim in the river Thames

Just because my hair has turned to cotton

That my skin, become canvas and my bones, POP

That my eyes went milky and my mind a labyrinth

Doesn’t mean I should stop believing

Believing that a man can hold up the sky

That a man can walk on the moon

That he, if he believes, can move a mountain

If he holds tight to that which matters, that which keeps him going

That which keeps him treading and thirsting

That very thing he calls belief

For the world...

Is whatever we make it out to be.