to find again
the girl with
honeyed eyes
and warm
expansive charm
she’s captured
crinkle sweet,
an urchin’s twinkle
stays to cheer her
baby face
but eyes
are sad and pale –
washed away with
time’s relentless
march
© 10 December 2008, I. D. Carswell
painting by Judith Dazzio
beautiful!
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