Make It Like You Want It To Be

When you are young

Which is everyday

Everyday you are younger than you will ever be again

Everything is a learning experience

For the good or for the bad

The people you meet, the ones you choose to get to know

Can either contribute or not

Depending on how wide you open the door

To let them in or let yourself out

If you never let anyone in

Or never let yourself out

Your life will forever be one of narrow experiences

Determined by your anxieties, worries and apprehensions

The gifts strangers bring with them

Adventures, explorations, things that make you feel 

Can never be a known quantity

It's always a dare opening the door

Which is what makes every stranger 

A unique learning experience

For some, life requires a truly harrowing leap of faith

Bad strangers having brought bad experiences

Allowing the past to dictate the future

Forcing that most powerful of powers, hope

To sit behind the monster known as fear

It's up to you to make life what you want it to be