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.