I Love to Write Poetry

Eclipsed


I have two sisters- so beautiful and fair,
Their winsome grace could make even the blind stare.

Mother said, for my sisters there will be suitors abound,
It’s me who worried them, my looks weren’t sound.

So, by the time we three had turned into teens,
The younger two had been crowned - local beauty-queens.

While our teacher said, I was the best student ever,
But did men ever look past my ugly face? Never!

So I grew up in the shadows of my beautiful sisters,
Eclipsed by their beauty, hidden behind their glister.

By twenty-five, I was practicing medicine,
A suitor for me, my father had brought in.

He scrutinized me well like a product up for sale,
And chose my sister instead, before bidding farewell.

For the first time that night, I cursed my ugly face,
And cried myself to sleep, I hated this contest.

The next time a suitor came, my sister stayed hidden,
But one glance behind the curtain, he was instantly smitten.

His mother fainted from the sun and I came to rescue
For once, merit eclipsed beauty, and mayhem ensued.