Affection

The girl was so small

She barely could crawl

She craved only good things to come her way

Mother was toiling

Her children no spoiling

Too much to do, getting through a day

The girl in the middle

Would play third fiddle

To two others demanding their mother away

Although not apparent

It left issues inherent

Becoming the girl, now a woman today

Soon out on her own

The coop she had flown

Her way being honest, hard-working perfection

Attractive to men

She’d use it, and then

It seemed she could fill that void of affection

Something was lacking

Her sanity cracking

As issues of abandonment came to the surface

Relationships short

Or longstanding, to abort

Left a woman unrealized, a life without purpose

Children were born

But the marriage, a thorn

To be removed at the close of child-rearing

Now single again

Her newest campaign

Was to find her true calling, to keep persevering

This work would reveal

A heart that could heal

To give and receive a love everlasting

How long might it take

A whole woman to make

And finally search out the man, fit the casting

Five years now, it seems

To secure her dreams

The man has appeared and seems more than willing

He’s smart and appealing

With a message of healing

Perhaps the woman’s dream now fulfilling

The man finds a spot

A place she forgot

And works on her kindly, her spirit restores

The void slowly fills

It gives her the chills

She knows in her heart that her spirit now soars