This Little Girl Poem by Izobelle Pulgo

A little girl used to look up at the sky at night and wonder what was in store for her in the future. Seeing the stars amidst the darkness of the heavens made her think of all the wonderful things life could offer her – all to an end she hoped would be hers – a happily-ever-after.



The little girl grew up to be a wonderful young lady, all full of hope and dreams and good will for everyone. She saw the goodness in people and did not hesitate to trust even if her heart was broken so many times before. She believed that everything was going to be well in the end as long as people never lose hope.



It was a nice little happy bubble she was living in – until the day she lost her only tie to what she considered a happy and wonderful world – the love she always dreamt was the last missing piece of the puzzle to her happily-ever-after.



The young lady met a man who made her heart beat faster than normal, who made her unconsciously glance at the beautiful face responsible for her many sleepless nights, the man she knew was her knight. Indeed, the feeling was mutual. The man couldn’t help but stare at the lovely face of the woman who kept secretly glancing at him, the woman who caused him sleepless nights of longing, the woman he knew was his even before he knew her name.



Their love story was perfect, their match was made in heaven. The little girl who yearned to have her happily-ever-after finally had her knight; the man who searched far and long for his love finally had the woman of his dreams.



If only their happily-ever-after ended there.



The human heart was blessed with the power to love so deeply that not even death could part them, that even in sickness and in health, the love would remain strong. But with this gift was also the reality that even love was still human, subject to flaws and faults that people live with everyday.



Their love was no different.



The man who had searched far and long for his lady love woke up one day and felt the yearnings he thought had been fulfilled the moment he had the woman of his dreams. He became restless, trying so hard to ignore that growing discontentment inside him but to no avail. After an inner struggle that had left him more confused than he was before, he acknowledged what was it that was keeping him from being happy with his life even with the fulfillment of his dreams: he fell out of love with the woman he promised forever to, the woman who made a better person out of him, the woman who made him happy. Discontentment was human nature and he was no exception. He was human, after all.



The girl who grew up to be that woman who thought she finally had her happily-ever-after was wrong. Her happily-ever-after ended but her story continued. It was reality and she was human. She was left by the man she loved, she was alone, she gave up – she was human after all.



And that’s when her story ended.