Charlie Girl

While walking through the store I caught your scent, A lady stood beneath the neon light, She held a bottle of perfume in hand, And memories returned into my sight. Outside the school gates waiting for the bell, I saw my mum; she’s standing, waiting there, With me running out ready to go home, The essence of Charlie kissing the air. I see the old man stop all of those cars, In his white mac with his lollipop stick, Of course it was magic in a child’s eyes, Like Paul Daniels performing a staged trick. Past the airfield and rails, Blue on her lead, Over the bridge to check the lizard hill, Were they bathing in early summer sun, Then on home where Peter was lying, still. Sweet memories that I have in my heart You may wonder on the what, why, and how My mum will always be my ‘Charlie girl’, Although it is me who wears Charlie now. Form: Sicilian Quatrains