"Dream Come True"*

This poem excerpt is dedicated to all my sisters out there who feel that there are no more chances. Make it happen. Just walk through that open door. It's never too late:


She played the game the right way
Went to the best schools, made the right moves, made the pieces fit
Came out pristine certified bubbling over with garden variety wit
Did everything expected of her, bought a house
on the gold coast and became a lifestyle hit

She's passed through forty layers of man made time
The years have waved goodbye, yet the memories still remain alive
Now all she wants is a dream to come true
All she wants is life to say "I do"

She has revived her hopes a thousand times only to end up blue
She can't really think of anything else to do
Having done everything wrong the "how to" books told her to
She stayed a little too long this time, should have packed and left long ago
For the wide open highway

Prayed for everything she should have left on the altar
In retrospect she believes they only came into her life so she would falter
Now all she wants is a dream to come true
All she wants is someone to say "I love you..."