Life Unplanned

I had it all planned out

What I wanted from life

My school, my career

Having a job, being a wife

A home by the sea

No inland living for me

Having a dog or two

And maybe some children too

But it hasn't happened at all

Not the way that I saw

And I'm still waiting to see

What life has in store for me

But it's the waiting that's hardest 

It never seems to end

But not planning at all

Seems rather quite dull

So I'll write stories instead

Ones that have lived in my head

As I continue to wait for you

To do what you do

Make good from the bad

In this crazy life I have had

You alone can see

The very real me

And though it's scary at times

That you know all my lines

Those said and not said

All the thoughts from my head

There's a great comfort in knowing 

That you still choose me

You shouldn't 

I know I wouldn't 

But you still choose me

Thank you

For choosing me

7/15/16 -- ALJ