To Dree One’s Weird

Translation - to endure one’s fate

Whenever I considered my spent life

I did not foresee my being so petty.

My oldest friend dislikes my bathroom tile.

My newest friend chides my boho style.

I thought I would be a kindly woman,

not someone who is nice once in a while.

I assumed I would be warm, convivial,

not resentful of slights so trivial.

It appears I am fated to be  dree,

if that means “tedious” or “dreary.”

I am feeling teary and rather twee,

thinking of that Me I thought I would be.