My Big Mistake
My big mistake was marrying too young.
At twenty, I had so much more to learn.
So many other songs I could have sung;
so many pathways. Which way, though, to turn?
My marriage was not easy, and its start
was far from any bliss I'd dreamed about.
I'd followed strangely neither head nor heart,
and half my life would find me with some doubt.
But I am faithful to the very end.
Two children came and went; they're doing well.
I treasure poetry and each sweet friend.
Could things have turned out better? I can't tell,
for what if I'd wed someone I'd perceived
to be a prince but later been deceived?
For the Biggest Mistake contest of Laura Loo
Written July 1, 2016
*For meter's sake I used Big instead of Biggest, but I'd wish the true title to have a question mark, which is not able to be used in our title headings, just for the fact that I don't feel one can ever really know if something was one's biggest mistake without having tried a much different path!
Copyright © Andrea Dietrich | Year Posted 2016
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