A Daydream

Pensively, she lowers the book, gaze wandering Daydreaming about this other time and place A woman's tale of hardship and the courage to live For her, poverty and sorrow now given a face A genteel lady she, born to wealth and privilege Never thinking of a life without these things Now these words have brought a realization That perhaps great wealth a responsibility brings She turned to the piano and played a haunting tune Still thinking of the figures in the pages of her book A premonition of a change in her life to come A book, a moment, and a woman's new outlook..