i remember her

this little girl was always loved

she could fly in her dreams

her mother fixed her just so

her daddy tossed her up way high

she had five younger siblings

this little girl loved to pretend

she caught grasshoppers in glass jars

cut out paper dolls

played hop scotch

jumped double-dutch

this little girl could be a pill

she snooped and pranked

she bossed and yanked

she fed mud pies to unsuspecting kids

life was adventure

this little girl made big plans
fame fortune and a handsome prince
happily ever after came
her reality more lovely than imagined
Temple

this little girl has the face of a grammy
beyond wrinkles so much the same
now with more darling hearts to love
in her dreams she still takes flight

aware of fleeting time