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Memories
By: Me
If I could give just one gift to every child I know,
I’d give them happy memories of their childhood, when they grow old.
A smell, a word, an unsuspecting sound will take them back in time,
And, oh so many pleasant thoughts will overflow their mind.
Summer nights, fireflies bright, honeysuckle fragrance lingering in the air.
Snowy days, home from school snuggled up warmly by a roaring fire.
Memories of their mother’s love, of her kind and caring way,
A hug, a kiss, a cherished moment, an unforgotten day.
A father’s guiding hand at troubling times, a grandparent’s love so dear.
The close childhood friends wo shared those carefree school day years.
They’ll have stored up so many memories that they can call upon,
When time has taken from them all the loved ones they have known.
I wrote this in 1999 when I was working in the Operative Services department at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville. I worked in the payroll department and to get to our office I went through the Children's Hospital every day. VUMC had a little monthly publication called "House Organ" and one month had a poetry contest. So, since I've always had a love for poetry, I decided to give it a try. As I look back on it, it is almost unreal how the subject came to me on my drive home that day and the words just flowed onto the paper once I got there and picked up paper and pen. Very few revisions were required to the finished product. It didn't win the contest but I made it to the honorable mentions. I've always attributed it to the children that I saw every day.
NinaB
You touched my heart and that's not easy to do.
Nikki
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