The Lost Baby Doll Ld

(this is a true story, mine ) 

When I was just a tot, my tonsils got infected all the time  
so my parents took me to the hospital right on time 
All I could remember was a majestic doll with a pretty face  
and eyes that opened and closed, with a hat of pretty lace 

As he scooped me in his arms he gave me this doll 
so I carried it with me everywhere I went, she was tall  
but one day I fell asleep on the sidewalk, cause for alarm 
still the doll was tucked safely under the crook of my arm 

When I awoke the doll was gone, for years I did pine  
and I wept bitterly for that doll that once was mine 
a few years later as I grew grew up one day,  
I found it sitting on the curb waiting for garbage day 

It was all beaten up dirty, with missing limbs  
and suddenly my memory dims 
Was this the same doll dad gave me ? 
I had to be !  It had to be ! 

Although the years did pass, my memory is like a feather      
light and airy, like my dolly and I never could, forget her.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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Date: 7/16/2023 9:01:00 AM
A doll during childhood is very precious. I am reading your poems for a long time. Very beautiful one. Congratulations!
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Date: 7/3/2023 1:55:00 AM
No one should steal from a child, that is horrible, your story is so touching:)
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Date: 6/26/2023 1:53:00 AM
Dear Rose, how can a person be so cruel as to steal a doll? They say I am too hard on others, but this was pure cruelty. I am already a sad person. This story made it worse. Hugs xx
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Date: 6/26/2023 6:19:00 PM
It really happened to me Victor, I never forgot that doll. I cannot post a photo here, but I still have the photo of my brother, me and the doll standing on a hope chest, its an old black and white photo but I treasure it, xo
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