Lonely Old Lady Poem by Vangile Mtyali

Loneliness drove me to settle for less
I saw that one gray hair
I saw those few wrinkles
I looked at the calendar
Time was against me
And I asked
Why are you still single?
Loneliness drove me to settle for less
I looked at my children they were all grown
One in high school the other in varsity
And they were fatherless
Decisions had to be made
We all deserve to be loved
Time was against me
I already had gray hair
And wrinkles
Basically I was old
so I had to get rid of this loneliness
I took the first guy that said
'I love you'
Did I ever stopped to think
Does he really love me?
Any way no time for that
Time was against me
I was getting old
I settled for less
why?
cause of time and loneliness
Yes I settled for less
This man deceived me
He abused me
made me very unhappy
He refused to love me
As I am
He refused to accept my children
He cheated on me
And said I had no choice
'You old'
He used me
And I allowed him
all because I was too afraid of being alone
Afraid of being old and alone
So I stayed in this relationship
I settled for less
I wished I had forgotten about time
My age and the wrinkles
And waited for the right guy
after all good things do come to those who wait