there lived a young maiden,
who always managed to get herself into the worst sorts of trouble.
You see, she was no ordinary girl.
She had developed the body of a Goddess, with hair of gold, and eyes like the sea,
and used her appeasing looks as leverage to get what she desired.
She ran wild, like a whirl-wind,
romping with one man to the next.
Until her antics caught up with her.
All her games were thrown back in her face,
and she, like her once-unsuspecting victims, had to play.
However, the rules had changed.
And her eyes were opened.
Now did she see the turmoil she had caused,
the families she had split, the bridges she had burned.
The Game that was once so entertaining,
became the cage in which she was to carry out her days.
At every turn, she was remjnded of who she had done,
and the consequences were repaid tenfold.
She became meek, where she was boisterous,
invisible where she was apparent,
and kind where she was cruel.
After a time, she learned to live,
and not just survive.
But when faced with the possibility of hurting yet another man,
she fought to keep him happy in exchange for hers.
Bearing this burden,
she thought it her punishment,
for all the chaos she had caused.
Yet when the man she had tried to make happy realized this,
he set her free.
With her wings returned,
she took to the sky,
and has yet to come down.
Moral of the story?
Never give up personal happiness in exchange for the happiness of another's for fear of causing them pain. They will notice and the relationship will suffer.
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