Ring

I had a gold ring

Mine

Given to me by my mom

And her mom before her

A legacy

I had a gold ring

Mine

I never took it off

Until you came in

A tragedy

I had it on my finger

Always and forever

It glistened at night 

And shined at day

Wondrously

You came in 

Another ring came in

I thought it was mine

I took off my legacy

Another tragedy

A few months later

Your ring is not shining

Your ring is not glistening

It’s dim

You dimmed my fire

Its brightness wore off

It became so wide

It is not fitting me

It used to

But it just doesn’t anymore

You took off

You left

Your ring fell off on its own

It is not fitting any longer

Despite my trials to make it fit

Now I bought me a new ring

A ring that fits me perfectly

Yours was too wide

I just didn’t see through its tightness

My mother’s is too legendary as well

Now I bought myself a new ring

A ring that shines at day as I smile when I wake up

And cries with me at night when I am sitting alone in the balcony 

Crying over the ring that I thought would fit me perfectly 

But didn’t

Now I got me a new ring

A ring that fits my life perfectly

Wrapped around my finger

Always and forever

With a lesson carved on its inside

Never to be taken off

Even if another perfect ring arrives