What would it feel like to wear a crown

If only for a day

To race around a NASCAR track

And collect six- or seven-figure pay

To reach the moon, step and leap

Weightless pioneer for that one day.

...to my love, to my children,

to everyone, I can truthfully say...

Author, psychiatrist or lawyer

Featured on Oprah or Dr. Phil's show

Versace-gowned actress

Accepting an Oscar and curtseying low

Inventor, public speaker, or the like

I've imagined my life with a golden glow.

...it's been a joy to to actually live my life,

carpools, puppy dogs and rising bread dough...

Time passes by, opportunities melt away

Might-have-beens quietly passing through

Has it really been so stark

This life I've chosen to pursue

Though royalty, fame, money and such

Have never been part of my life, I have you.

...and I heartily confess that I prefer,

the reality of what I have to that which I never knew.

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