The Little Girl That I Was
Flipping through an old album I saw myself smiling A smile that I seem to have lost in these days so glum Memories of a time with no ailing The picture showed me asleep In the arms of my mother Carelessly happy, I slept deep For I found heaven in the arms of no other Flipping through the pages, I dived farther Into the images of my lovely childhood Of the baby me kissing my father Of my brother and I wrapped in a hug, warm and good. I felt a sudden rush of emotions And warm tears flooding up in my eyes For I've now grown up to a world where bliss equals pretensions Where innocence is long lost and where truth equals lies. Closing the album, I sat against my window Closing my eyes, I tried to relive those moments I remembered the solemn smile I had years ago And realized I haven't lost it among the surging sentiments Soon it struck me, all that I miss is not gone I still have around me the love, the care and the smiles I had those things of joy even when I