Unfulfilled Dreams

I believed in fairy tales
And happiness ever after;
That when I found my prince, we'd live
In endless love and laughter.

But through no fault of yours, my love,
Our idyll soon was ended.
Ever and ever, our fond dream,
Was not what God intended.

If genies granted wishes
And fairy tales came true,
I'd wish I could be taken back
To those sweet years with you,

When the future was still ours to live
And every day was savored.
I'd have no need to envy those
Who've been more highly favored.

Those walking hand in hand to meet
Those golden sunset years,
Who've never known this loneliness
Nor shed these anguished tears.

But fairy tales don't happen and
Time always moves ahead
And only in my dreams I live
The life we could have led.

By: Joyce Johnson, 6/22/05