Success Story

narrative verse

 

 

Success Story

 

She was as timid as a mouse.

Kept firmly under mothers thumb

 she very rarely left the house.

 Her mother taught her she was dumb.

 

But mother died and she was free

 to do the things she wanted to.

None to frown disapprovingly

and tell what her she had to do.

 

An innocent of twenty three

Although she lacked self confidence.

She was still wise enough to be

well guided by her common sense.

 

She knew that she must take it slow.

There was so much she had to learn,

so many things she did not know.

 Each hurdle she would take in turn.

 

She was resolved to seek advice

 but was not sure where she would find

Although she could afford the price,

 Advice that was both wise and kind.

 

Her mother’s sister Aunty Jean

was who she took her troubles to

A lady who had always been

 disapproved of by mother too.

 

So Aunty Jean took her in hand

 and showed her how she ought to dress.,

 Wise enough to understand

 that her young niece felt helpless.

 

A lifetime under Mothers thumb

 had left its mark indelibly,

 A problem she must overcome

before she was completely free.

 

to be the woman she should be

They worked together as a team

moving forward very slowly

But in due course fulfilled her dream.

 

Now with her new found confidence.

She was a woman self possessed,

 well made up and smartly dressed.

Her mother’s ghost now laid to rest.

 

Freed from her mothers influence.

No longer dowdy and afraid.

Epitome of elegance

She was a model highly paid.

 

Though mother would have disapproved

well armoured in her prudishness

that she was wrong her daughter proved

 By her own efforts a success.

 

Mothers do not always know best

Although they always think they do

I think this mother failed the test

She knew less than she thought she knew.

 

12-Aug-08

 

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