Once Upon A Time........ Poem by Hazel Durham

Once Upon A Time........

Rating: 4.9


Once upon a time
There lived a lady of the manor,
She is driven around in her B.M.W by her chauffeur Fritz,
She goes every day for afternoon tea to the Ritz,

Dining with her lady friends,
They hate her beauty and poise,
But she doesn't mind,
She just holds her head up high,

Her natural beauty is like a dazzling sunbeam every day,
She is like a bird in a gilded cage with the door open to fly away,
To maybe Bantry bay.
For all she has gained,

Life is still for the taking,
Not forsaking,
Men fall at her feet in amazement,
At her physical perfection,

She laughs at them under her inspection,
She doesn't even bother to give them her regal glance,
Her husband adores her with a passion of her giving him a second chance,
His beauty queen demands the best of hotels, travel, wine and style,

Somehow the warning bell never rang,
He went bankrupt with a bang,
She lost her looks that gave her a terrible pang,
The mirror is now her worst enemy,

The bank is now his worst enemy,
She is ashamed of her husband,
He is ashamed of his wife,
Money and beauty was their only gain,

Now she is a lady so plain,
Now he is a man without money,
Living with a lady obsessed with fading looks and so vain!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mai Murphy Venn 21 June 2015

very good. interesting style.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 21 June 2015

Very nicely and aptly envisioned. Thrilling phraseology. Thanks for sharing.

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Akhtar Jawad 21 June 2015

Money is the crown of Godship- - - - - - -Karl Marx

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Rajesh Thankappan 27 February 2016

Life is not all show and glitz and of course we should live it in a meaningful and worthy way and within our means. A beautiful message conveyed through a beautiful poem.

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Dimitrios Galanis 31 January 2016

I like the form you gave to the poem.In my poems I give mostly this form too.In some it does not seem quite poetical.It looks like prose in verses.But I insist on it.I have noticed that they get a personality with the descriptive form.They stick in your mind.You do not forget them.

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Sekharan Pookkat 08 July 2015

ups and downs, pride and fall are common good penning -

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Valsa George 25 June 2015

Squandering money can drain the wallet of anybody. Money and beauty may not stay with anyone for ever! For those who pride over their wealth and beauty, you have given a valid lesson to learn in life! That presumptuous lady and her effeminate husband should learn the hard lesson!

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Jak Black 24 June 2015

Money and beauty, so superficial. Far more to life. A very interesting story, Hazel, with quite a profound message.

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