Betrayal of Assumptions by lorilei-mackenzie, literature
Literature
Betrayal of Assumptions
I thought it was a puddle
It turned out to be a lake
Oh what a muddle
I've made a huge mistake
I thought it was a hill
It was actually a mountain
Time never stands still
For it is an endless fountain
I thought it was a park
But it was not so
It was a forest gloomy and dark
With so many places to go
I thought it was a stream
But it was a river long and wide
Though many look, sigh, and dream
They never try to reach the other side
I thought it was the Sun
Beginning it's majestic rise
Instead an inferno had begun
Bringing me my demise
I hear the sounds of grieving
And know their sadness for me
It is a hard process of relievi