Careful what you wish for!

I wanted endless weekend
I desired for a pause
I dreamed of starting over
with no meetings and no job

I just wanted to feel free of all demands and expectation
Longed to be just like a teen in a place to explore creative expression
Now I'm stuck in quarantine,
Wasn't careful what I wished for
With a curfew at eighteen, this is not what I prepared for

I wanted a retreat in India
I dreamed of going to Tibet
I desired for more silence
some more nature, love and peace

I just wanted to sit quiet
in a state of contemplation
Didn't know what I would miss
but now I got my isolation

And I see all comes at best timing,
look how fate can be so sharp
Right when I was whining
I had no time to make my art

I didn't want to deal with people
I didn't like how it all worked
I also wished I could do things over
'Cause I wanted my family to bond

Felt I was trying to fuction
while still figuring my life through
Knew I was tired of old systems
and I wanted to change the world

I just wanted to have time-out
Some time out of the life I'd known
Wasn't careful what I wished for
'cause it's exactly what I got.

25 Apr 2020