Whatever Happened to My Well Planned Life? – Written December 1992 (Aged 17)

Whatever Happened to My Well Planned Life?

whatever happened
to the well-planned life?
when i was young,
i was told—
everything would be alright.

get to thirty—
i’d have two children,
a smiling wife.

whatever happened
to the well-paid job—
the one education promised me,
if i shut up
and listened
to the teacher’s endless talk?

where was my stable family
when i was young?
i thought we were having fun—
now one of them’s on the run,
starting over
with a new life.

whatever happened
to my life?
when i was young,
i was told—
everything would be alright.

James Garratt – December 1992

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