JUST ANOTHER LIFE

Robby, as she was fondly called,
Was a person full of energy and life
A pleasant change amidst the throngs who
Can only crib about their pain and strife.

She was a dentist by profession,
And kept everyone’s smiles intact
Be it with her operating tools,
Or by just her smile’s impact.

All was fine in her paradise
Until one day she met young Ben
A charmer by the Lord’s will
A crook by his own consent.

Deceived her with his enchanting looks
Told her of troubles he knew not of
Begged for her sympathy and love
And eased her fears with a charming laugh.

She lost her ways in his bewitching world
And followed him to places afar
Touched by his timely gifts
So trivial, yet precious, beyond par.

And soon her life was filled with pleasure
And jewels from diamonds to rubies
And she felt content with the Lord’s blessing
And which girl, in her place wouldn’t be?

But then came the day of revelation
Of a truth so horrifyingly disguised
It shattered her world in a matter of seconds
And Ben had indeed, changed her life.

He was a thief and a liar too,
Had used her as a shadow
To save him from suspecting eyes
And as an innocent, unsuspecting ladder.

To successes he lusted but didn’t deserve,
And rewards that were rightly not his,
But he ran after this impossible dream
With Robby’s faith in tow this.

And met an end he was destined to meet
And fell ashamed at Robby’s feet,
With shame in his heart
Such that Robby’s eyes he couldn’t meet

For her eyes were strife with pain for once,
And that enchanting smile had long since gone,
And they asked an answer to unasked questions,
A reason because of which she had to see this dawn

A dawn which was not bright and would never be
And didn’t bring hope of new joys in tow,
A dawn that had shattered her entire life
Without her even knowing how.

He asked for forgiveness, but she could not concede,
For the warmth in her life had withered away
And there wasn’t any love to spare
So she just asked him to peacefully go his way

And she tried, and tried hard
To return to her life of old
Where joy had always overcome sorrow
And love, hate I’m told.

And then slowly, with time, over the years
Her sorrow melted and the hole began to fill,
And Robby became the old, pleasant dentist
Glad to see all patients and do their will.

Life began again as it always does
And it came a full circle before she saw
That the pain was just His way of letting her know,
That His love for all shall never thaw.