When the time is right

story poem

 

When the time is right

 

At sixteen years she was naïve.

Lived in a world of fantasy,

 she was convinced that dreams come true.

 But she would learn they seldom do.

 

By twenty two she was sure she knew.

She’d had a broken heart or two

That only fools placed trust in men.

She wouldn’t fall in love again.

 

But concentrate on her career

The price of love was much too dear.

She was content with single life

 and had no wish to be a wife

 

At thirty she began to doubt.

She felt that she was missing out

 on something she could not define.

She recognised the warning sign.

 

Reviewe her life took careful stock

What she found out came as a shock.

Though she was seen as a success

Her life was filled with loneliness.

 

She felt a twinge of jealousy

 of friends who’d married happily

and swapped careers for motherhood.

A choice she hadn’t understood.

 

She realised what she must do.

She had to look at life anew

and find a man who wants a wife

A guy who’s sick of single life.

 

Someone who wants a family too

and make her girlish dreams come true.

 It was then she met the man.

The ideal partner for her plan.

 

A mature man, a bachelor

a man who had been hurt before.

So when he showed some interest

 she thought it would be for the best.

 

To let him know that she was free

and was prepared to be friendly.

That she enjoyed his company

which he accepted happily.

 

They saw each other socially

 and with increasing frequency.

Who was the hunter, who the prey

would be impossible to say.

 

He popped the question she agreed.

Mother Nature’s plans succeed.

Despite the heart aches of the past.

They have fulfilled their dreams at last.

 

They’re married with a family.

My little tale ends happily.

Perhaps it’s true perhaps its not.

But does it matter? Not a lot.

 

19-May-08

 

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Reviews

[Carole]

What a fun write...I've never heard of a story/poem, but it makes sense and I enjoyed this from the start to the finish. I love the rhythm and the rhyme. Well done!