Sly as a Fox 2 – Changing her Ways

This is the continuation of my first poem, the next chapter of my little fox, a young girl trying to fit into a society that she had forgotten a long time ago.

Her father had come to stay,

his fortune made,

to pay his way,

for his daughter was here this very day.

 

He had searched high and low,

and didn’t know where to go,

went to the old house,

and that fate had its toll.

 

Her life had been cruel,

and she had no way to go,

she worked the streets,

to obtain her goal.

 

She stole from everywhere,

as much as she dared,

with no thought to her life,

for no one cared.

 

Now she had a home,

a place to be,

with friends to make,

down by the sea.

 

But habits are hard,

to break you see,

for she learned what is was,

to be free.

 

She would still steal her share,

from whoever she dared,

but her father still cared,

giving the love he shared.

 

Years of neglect,

was erased with care,

to bring her new life,

a certain amount of flare.

 

She was given the prettiest wares,

with lots of bows,

to go in her blond hair,

for her debut affair.

 

To show the world,

what she was met to be,

as she lived with her father,

down by the sea.

 

Then to school,

she would go,

to finish her education,

ended so long ago.

 

to make him

proud of  his  daughter you know,

for his life was now,

to wine and dine for show.

 

He courted the women for their favor,

to find a wife and save her,

from a life of dread,

and being overfed.

 

To be the mother,

of daughter he barely knew,

and teach her things,

when her life went so wrong to do.

 

But she had miles to go,

since she was so far away,

so many things to learn,

before she would stay.

 

For her life was here,

not in the street,

a life to live,

and someone to meet.

Author's Note

I have one more chapter to this story