Girlhood Reminders ©

>Pictures I found in a box With faded flowers and broken locks Tickets from a picture show Days that now seem long ago Keys that unlock hearts so true Like that which I had found in you A book of matches his number inside That once I tried so hard to hide A penny for your thoughts we'd say I still remember that lucky day A letter too afraid to send That could have saved my dearest friend A ribbon taken from my hair That day with him my heart I shared A unicorn that lost his horn Yet that I held since I was born My sixteenth birthday dress is here Like a princess I had felt that year Bits and pieces kept through the years To remind me of love and even the tears Memories of days long past That in my heart will forever last © 1993 Dorothy Carr