Living True
She shed her pearls and satin.
Left it all behind
For dreams not born of high school
Unpolished five and dime.
The pomp of her associates
Gave her a queasy feel
So she threw caution to the wind
And climbed behind the wheel.
She may have made strange choices.
She may have shocked a few,
But she found a way to shed the skin
Of tragedy and gloom.
Was quite a disappointment
To those who thought her dumb
When she refused the money marriage
'Tween her forehead and his thumb.
Instead she took a rougher road.
Worked her way through school.
Learned compassion for the hungry.
Didn't care they called her fool.
Now she doesn't make big dollars,
But she knows where she belongs.
She dwells among the suffering
Living right from wrong.
She has enough to get her by
While comforting the lost
And that poor boy that she married
Was always worth the cost.
Her life is not a business deal.
Her children aren't for sale.
And her skin fits to her insides,
Living true has never failed.