Cycle

This is a story from long ago,

A young girl wished to learn

To ride a bicycle.

But her strict father did not allow

She wondered if her gender 

Was liable.

She was a good daughter.

So she readily accepted

Her father’s choice.

She was married to a man

Whom she had never seen

Nor heard his voice.

She was a good wife,

Reliable and responsible,

Her persona of beauty.

She was beside her husband,

In times good and bad,

Able in her duties.

As the family was prospering,

‘She is a blessing,’

Her husband claimed.

Now she rides in cars

That is expensive

Of famously named.