Undulation

I was a happy toddler,
I had the world on a string.
I expected the very best from life,
for I was a princess, my Daddie, a king.
And, if the worst should happen
I knew there was nothing
my Daddie couldn't fix.
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At last the time had come
for me to go to school,
only to find that using my left hand
now was against the rule.
I started to stutter, and when
I spoke, I felt just like a fool.
I was only six.
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To be any other person
was now my great ambition,
if I was wrong by being me,
then to change was my decision.
I turned into a chameleon, changing
color with great precision.
My years were ten and six.
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I now had all the answers,
I knew all there was to know.
I had done and seen it all,
there was no place else to go.
I had scaled the heights of happiness,
and experienced the depths below.
I was twenty-six.
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I was happy with my husband,
so very much in love.
I had found my way back to God,
and knew Blessed peace from above.
My son was growing into someone
that I could be proud of.
I was thirty-six.
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My health was gone, I felt so old,
I looked like some old crone.
I had no strength, my pep was gone,
I just wanted to be left alone.
The days were long, I felt so weak,
all I did was cry and moan.
I was forty-six.
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I can't believe how good I feel,
the years have rolled away.
I've learned to roll with the punches
and live from day to day.
Life is a big adventure,
I enjoy both my work and play.
Now I'm fifty-six.
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There were times I was ecstatic,
filled and thrilled with exhilaration.
At other times I felt abused,
living through endless tribulation.
I guess life is like the ocean waves,
ever in constant undulation.
Ain't it the kicks?