An Eligible Woman Poem by Michele Hegarty

My 6th at 60, I'm as amazed as the rest!

The first at 18, so young and in lust,
the baby was lost, things were never the same.

The second, 'cos he asked me, I'd Mother his child,
the wife he adored, died having John.
A bond slowly grew, he became my whole world.
Mick left us for a cruise ship, Gloria in tow.
My proudest achievement, adopting MY son.

The third had a family, John misses them still,
not free at all, he went home to his wife.
My shame was intense - should I have known?

The fourth I loved so much, I longed for his child,
His feelings were dimmer, but we agreed to try.
The practise was blissful, it went on for years,
until, unrelated, his car hit a tree.
I thought I'd never recover, He's the Love of my Life.

Then later, a young man with feelings so strong,
I truely believed I'd be carried along.
He Worshiped and Cherished, couldn't bear us apart.
I felt smothered, uneasy, in need of a break.
Worse then, he became clinging, obsessive, a stalker, a stranger.
Now gone.

I stand nervous in Lilac, buffed and refined, no hint of sheep here!
John upright supporting, a lovely girl (at last!) sits behind.
Beside me a good man, the kind companion I'm due.
The bonus, his grand-children, for fizz, dash, and laughs.
Finances secure now, I'm free to have fun.
The Best Man's a cutie, Can I say that? I will!
Till my death do us part, this time could be true!
'I Do'


Alternative Titles:
'The Triumph of Hope over Experience'

'You can't always get what you want, but if you try, sometimes, you get what you need'