(G/D)rowning

You learn not to love
To play and throw if you catch
You adapt and adopt as you find
Not get thrilled with every glimmer of hope
To stop dreaming and start living
Drop standards to your level
Accept what you cannot and can change
Who you are and can do
What can be but will never be
Countless possibilities but one reality
It's all a choice but
You cannot always choose
Constraints, considerations
Inconsistency, confusion and doubt

You learn
To become less naive as
Truth changes, time changes
You change, you grow
You break and break
Trust and betray
Learn and err

But keep moving
Don't stop living