Unfinished Melody

Unfinished Melody Sitting in my easy chair Soft light glowing on my hair That once was golden light Now is streaked with white Leaning back I breathe a sigh Wipe a tear from my eye That welled up from a memory old And left me shivering and cold Once I was a pretty lass Not too smart but I had class Eyes of blue, clear and bright Skin alabaster light I had a perky little nose I wore the newest style clothes My feet were small, my fingers long I did not do any wrong Then one day I hopped a train In the middle of a pouring rain I left the town where I was born And rode that train 'til the next morn We stopped in a small, quaint town I liked it's looks and I hopped down I met a man and married him My life was full up to the brim I bore him children, twelve in all I buried him in the late fall Now I sit in reverie Of what has been and what was to be Back in the town where I was born I left a husband there to mourn Was his life good, was it bad I'll never know what we might have had Now my life is winding down I won't go back to my home town I don't want to know what might have been For I was happy, see my grin. Copyright © 2005 Lunaria (Lila May Guptill)