If I didn't have to balance

If I could be this,
This girl I am now
And never have to trade it for those days
The ones when I’m chasing after the perfect life
The perfect job
As I watch my reflection waste time
With the rest of my life...I’d….

Let my heart feel joy
The kind where you chase it and grab it
Like that burst of energy in Red Rover
Right when they call you over.

And samba against the backdrop of a moon
With a beau who loves me for the way I smile
And we’d walk down the aisle of a movie theatre
Where my shoes crunchy crunch the old popcorn
and it’d make me trip and I’d giggle
Because when I laugh I snort.

But, I’ve only got 1 life
And I must balance.
Balance joy and balance life
Balance duty and balance time.
And dreams and fate
Before I have nothing and it’s too late.

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