Expectations - December 28, 2005

She had been born,
not quite the seventh son
of the seventh son,
and not quite filled
with holy expectations.

				She had been born,
				as the treasured daughter,
				beloved and filled with
				happy expectations and dreams.

Fresh dreams
were never spoken of,
need and expectations
often broken up,
before they were even realized,
as though she was why he was penalized.

				Her dreams in life
				were like many others:
				expecting marriage, love and happiness,
				her own thoughts were smothered,
				by the expectations of social 'others.'

		Meeting like two ships
		for the briefest of times,
		changing each other
		with no rhythm or rhyme.

		They found love unexpected
		challenging the other
		to seek anew
		love and expectations
		from a different view,
		as though a life of no need
		was no life indeed.