PRESERVING THE PAST

PRESERVING THE PAST

(author unknown)

Who is this little girl?

What happened on this day?

Did she grow up to be a mom?

No one can truly say.

How proud and glad I'm sure she'd be

To see herself this way.

But through neglected and lack of care,

Her joy is lost today.

Stored in a box and put away,

Forgotten there so long ago - -

Along with letters, flowers and cards,

And other faces we don't know.

Such a pretty little picture,

And its condition is quite good - -

But no one ever kept it in

The place they really should.

So when I found her photo there,

It made me sad to see,

For all her youthful days on earth

Were lost to history.