Life’s Quest

Waking up
To the repetitive chirping
Of an overly annoying
1989 alarm clock.
Hitting the off switch
And powering up
The machine that you are.
Filling the room with a gentle humming
As you yawn and stretch.

Click, Click, Click
Go the multi-colored buttons
On the control pad of my body,
Forcing me to get up and start my day.
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There is no infinite lives code
In this game called Life.
We only have one life
With no chance at a 1-Up
No matter how many coins we collect.

Only one life to live
Before we meet our inevitable doom,
Our Game Over.
It’s so much pressure to live up to
Considering we all have a destiny to fulfill
And only one chance to accomplish it.
Whether it is to…
Rescue the beautiful Princess
Or triumph over the forces of evil.
Locate the lost treasures of the world
Or win the coveted championship.
Clearing your name
For a crime you never committed
Or even saving the world,
From a horde of giant robots
Bent of the complete destruction
Of human civilization.


There is no easy difficulty
Only the very hard setting.
There are no save points along your path either.
There is no hitting the rest button
And starting all over from scratch.
There’s only you,
The choices that you decide on,
The friends that you discover,
And the enemies that you establish,
That help influence your righteous journey
Through the always changing twists and turns
Of this game called Life.

So whatever your destiny maybe
Good Luck and Farewell,
And remember,
Somebody is always counting on you
To succeed on your life’s quest.