Charmed
She has a bracelet filled with charms…
Charms to remind her of what, where, when and who
In fact she has so many charms
She has not one bracelet…but two.
You see each charm has it’s own significance,
it’s own meaning only she can see.
Each one has it’s own story,
Ii’s own intimate memory.
Some of the charms were her grandmother’s
passed down and granddaughter approved…
like the woman from Hawaii
wearing a hula skirt that moves.
But most of the charms are hers.
There’s a shell, a peace sign, a musical note
Her sister’s name is on one…her grandchildren on another.
there’s even an elephant, and a boat
Each one symbolizing a moment in her life
a memory she has spun
and if you have the time
she’ll gladly tell you the story of each one.
I’ve heard their stories many times
often I stop and stare
as she tells tales from a time before I knew her
and others we have shared.
Yes, she has two bracelets filled with charms
and would you be alarmed
if I told you it’s not her bracelets
but her life that has been charmed.
She is 66 years young
with a host of memories yet to be…
And I wonder if it’s time to start
on bracelet number three.
Copyright © Jim Yerman | Year Posted 2019
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