The Paths We Choose...
A tearful telephone call from a daughter disillusioned in love, can be the hardest call to bear...yet with age, comes wisdom and with wisdom comes choice.. The path we choose to take is down to us...No one can make that choice for you..
You dreamt a perfect life you'd share...
The fairytale up in the air,
that was how your life would be..
It didn't occur in reality..
Perhaps you set your hopes too high,
as you built castles in the sky..
And when the tears began to flow,
when heartbreak, brought you sad and low..
Your perfect man showed many flaws..
And Love's young dream was now no more...
You turned to me and asked me why..
How could love fade and start to die..?
My darling Daughter, can't you see..
Your broken heart is breaking me..?
Alas, Love is not a fairytale...
And sometimes, sadly it can fail..
Try to see there's compromise...
To keep this love of yours alive..
There are times when the road is rough,
but if you love each other enough..
You can both survive this test...
Come through it stronger than the rest..
What happens next, what paths you choose..
My daughter, is now down to you...
Copyright B.D Borresen. October 2011.
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