Expecting To Accomplish Goals Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Sitting back, thinking of past times when single and free,
remembering all the fun I had dating, meeting men from all
walks of life.

Being asked by many to marry them, but expecting to accom-
plish goals before ever settling down to a life of drudgery
and putting my life on hold.

Discovering later on after getting an education, then being
married, still writing poetry and letting my silent voice
be heard to only a few, that I missed my freedom solely.

Now today, a senior, having written almost 20,000 poems and
publishing my first poetry book, looking back on the wild
and crazy life I've always lived with no regrets at all.