She Had Settled

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She settled,

Like sediment on a river bed.

The urgency to reach the end,

To find the one

Who would make her laugh,

Who would make her cry

If ever he left,

Who would make her whole,

The urgency was gone,

So she settled.

She settled for a man

For whom she cared little.

His only winning quality

Was the fact that he was a man,

So she said yes

To the ring he presented;

She lay there as he made love to her,

She bore his children,

All little versions of him,

The man she settled for.

As time passed,

She found reasons to love the man.

The way he provided for their family,

The way his eyes were always filled with love,

The way he loved their children.

As time passed,

She become accustomed

To the life they lived,

The routines they developed,

The habits they adopted.

And then the day came,

When she met the one

Who made her laugh,

Who made her whole,

But by this time

She was too settled.

She was buried in the sediment

Of her existence.

She had settled.