At sixteen years she was naïve. <br />Lived in a world of fantasy, <br /> she was convinced that dreams come true. <br /> But she would learn they seldom do. <br /> <br />By twenty two she was sure she knew. <br />She’d had a broken heart or two <br />That only fools placed trust in men. <br />She wouldn’t fall in love again. <br /> <br />But concentrate on her career <br />The price of love was much too dear. <br />She was content with single life <br /> and had no wish to be a wife <br /> <br />At thirty she began to doubt. <br />She felt that she was missing out <br /> on something she could not define. <br />She recognised the warning sign. <br /> <br />Reviewe her life took careful stock <br />What she found out came as a shock. <br />Though she was seen as a success <br />Her life was filled with loneliness. <br /> <br />She felt a twinge of jealousy <br /> of friends who’d married happily <br />and swapped careers for motherhood. <br />A choice she hadn’t understood. <br /> <br />She realised what she must do. <br />She had to look at life anew <br />and find a man who wants a wife <br />A guy who’s sick of single life. <br /> <br />Someone who wants a family too <br />and make her girlish dreams come true. <br /> It was then she met the man. <br />The ideal partner for her plan. <br /> <br />A mature man, a bachelor <br />a man who had been hurt before. <br />So when he showed some interest <br /> she thought it would be for the best. <br /> <br />To let him know that she was free <br />and was prepared to be friendly. <br />That she enjoyed his company <br />which he accepted happily. <br /> <br />They saw each other socially <br /> and with increasing frequency. <br />Who was the hunter, who the prey <br />would be impossible to say. <br /> <br />He popped the question she agreed. <br />Mother Nature’s plans succeed. <br />Despite the heart aches of the past. <br />They have fulfilled their dreams at last. <br /> <br />They’re married with a family. <br />My little tale ends happily. <br />Perhaps it’s true perhaps its not. <br />But does it matter? Not a lot. <br /> <br />19-May-08 <br /> <br />http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-the-time-is-right-story-poem-for-m-lady-tara/
