A Necessary Start

Worrying about the future and what will unfold

Is it warm and inviting or a blistering cold

Not knowing makes my head rattle

Fear and courage in a battle

It’s too early to say defeat

I need to stand on my own feet

I take a deep breath and shift my car into park

Check my surroundings and hear distant dog bark

Looking at the fortress that I need to invade

This is how the game of life has always been played

I head to the door

Completely unsure

Of what I’m in for

Excitement or bore

I hope I don’t snore

During this chore

Sitting in my seat

Tapping my feet

To a comforting beat

Clutching my sheet

Observing their fleet

That I’m soon to meet

I twiddle my thumbs and hold out my paper

Try to stay calm, as I melt into vapor

Stare fear in the eyes and hope that greater

Please! Please! Please! Just don’t make me the waiter

The atmosphere seems pretty nice

I assumed it was made of ice

Maybe a job won’t be so bad

It’d stop the nagging from my dad

I wouldn’t mind to make some cash

Because it gets spent in a flash

By the time I try to stop it

I’m stuck with an empty pocket

It’s official, I’m an employee

It’s time to show them what I can be  

I’ll sweep floors and clean toilets

Vacuum, grab the cord, coil it

Do anything the boss ask me

Make sure it’s done exactly

I have a feeling of maturity

I want to do right, give some courtesy

I know this event changed me, surely

I felt it alter my brain thoroughly

I want to make my way up to the top

Make C.E.O., but that won’t be the stop

I promise I won’t quit

I have to finish it

I’ll show everybody what I can be

I cannot let anything limit me

But that obstacle won’t disappear

I have to break through the wall of fear

This will take courage, that is clear

I won’t let my body shed a tear

Though I know I’m just a mere

Kid with a dream, everyone should hear

The first step is what you have to adhere

But don’t do it sad, do it with a cheer

This is the beginning of the Journey of me

This will show me what I should be