Earlier when I looked,
I saw someone as gilded,
As pampered and shielded,
As a canary in a cage
Trapped by the barrier of her age,
By all those who thought her naive,
Weak and meek, too frail to survive;
In a world of connivery,
And conspiracy and trickery.
So they stood sentinel, guarding her
Flanked her from the sides, screening her
From the prying eyes
And the remorseless lies.
But now when I look
I see abundance where there was dearth
An ocean where there was a firth.
I see bravado and grit,
And intelligence and wit,
All the of the past naivete gone
And the frown of uncertainty, tactfully withdrawn,
Replaced with a smile full of conviction
A full-blown toothy smile without restriction.
This happened because I decided to fly
Despite all warnings; some genuine some wry.
Now when I look, I see a completely different her,
A successful me, smiling from the mirror.
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Fabulous Fables
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