Age Advantage

Survival

As I stand before you today
Awaiting your verdict  at last
Do not judge me too harshly
Until you've heard of my past!

My childhood and adolescence
Was filled with truly innocent fun
But whatever I experienced in life
Forced me to reach for the gun!

When I was nice to everyone
To their tune they made me jive
So I learned not to be feeble
For in life I too had to survive!

Over time, I began to give back
Far worse than what I had got
Until dawned the day when
I really began to hit right out!

Life you see is for the hitters
Who make the world go round
The bowlers and the fielders
Just play till their time runs out.