Perceptions

She was a true beauty

all natural

lovely face,

smile,

blue eyes

with blond hair.

Nice figure

to match.

And on top

she had a nice

personality

to match.

But the men she

hung around with

Just saw her for

an easy shag

and treated her

mean to keep her keen.

I often wondered why

she let herself be treated

like that.

When she could have had

the pick of the bunch of

admires.

Then one day.

She woke up.

And started to date this

very average looking guy

who was slightly overweight

but had a great personality

and so decent and kind towards

her.

She was smitten.

The last I heard they both married.

 Have a nice little house and

had their firstborn last year.

And they are more than happy.

Reviews

[Lea Sheryn]

It is often hard to meet the "right one" but we always know him/her when we see them the first time. Often they are never what the dream was. That's what perception is all about. I enjoyed your sentiments.

[R.E. Ray]

As I read this poem, noting the title, I asked myself, “Whose perception?” We often see ourselves quite differently than others see us. He might’ve taught when meeting, “She needs to eat more.” Good lesson, Dawn.

[bigfootprint]

Nice story, and it turns out well. You give us a lesson for all in morality. Socialization comes with accepting ourselves and reality first. Then everything can work out. It is a painful thing to look back from the sudden onset of maturity and see that we squandered our youth on faulty values and shallow people. The world is full of wasted lives that never learned the lessons of clean living. Well done, Dawn

[Einstein Noodle]

awwwwwwwwwww i love a happy ending ... and with two daughters of me own i feel all those parental apprehensions as your protagonist is looking for the right thing in the wrong place ... a joyful little story for my first read of the day.:)
E.

[R.J Calzonetti (Siniste..]

I’m glad there’s a happy ending. Everyone deserves a happy ending. Thanks for sharing!

[Onlyme]

Thankyou R.J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

more broken up prose than poetry, but a nice story, Dawn.
j.

[Onlyme]

I know, but thanks Jacob. :)