I always imagine this woman from the past, medieval times maybe, who once had a choice - to either run away with a man she was deeply in love with, a man who might have had a certain reputation but promised her "pretty sins and gold", and she knew she could as well be condemned by her family or the people from her hometown if she went with this man - or to be reasonable and marry the other man, this decent, upright, if somewhat boring man, and be a good wife to him. She chooses the latter, but spends her life regretting this decision. At nights she finds herself dreaming about what it all could have been like if she'd chosen the other man despite everything, how exciting and adventurous life she could have led. She realises how dull everything around her is now, her children are gone (either died "on a cold night" or just moved away) and the most excitement she gets now is from "watching her flowers grow"...She was a good, loyal wife, always acting wise, but she knows that if she got another chance, she would choose a completely different life.
I always imagine this woman from the past, medieval times maybe, who once had a choice - to either run away with a man she was deeply in love with, a man who might have had a certain reputation but promised her "pretty sins and gold", and she knew she could as well be condemned by her family or the people from her hometown if she went with this man - or to be reasonable and marry the other man, this decent, upright, if somewhat boring man, and be a good wife to him. She chooses the latter, but spends her life regretting this decision. At nights she finds herself dreaming about what it all could have been like if she'd chosen the other man despite everything, how exciting and adventurous life she could have led. She realises how dull everything around her is now, her children are gone (either died "on a cold night" or just moved away) and the most excitement she gets now is from "watching her flowers grow"...She was a good, loyal wife, always acting wise, but she knows that if she got another chance, she would choose a completely different life.