Finding Ashley

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Tue, 08 Apr 2014
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It hardly seems but a minute ago,
you were knee-high to a space-hopper;
got your first visit from the tooth-fairy –
learned to ride a two-wheeled bike,
or the day your mum called to say
you’d bought your first bra...
 
The evening you sang, Rainy Night
in Georgia with a jazz band
at your school, and I laid eyes
upon a beautiful young women
for the very first time.
 
Such is life...it’s gone in a trice,
so grab it with both hands,
but don’t forget, nothing worth having
comes without a price and I’m not talking
Euros, dollars, decimal or pounds,
shillings and old-fashioned pence.
 
It’s all about compromise; not living
in the past or the future. Making each second
count, because it’s moments we remember,
not the days themselves... 
 
accepting time moves on and that nothing 
stays the same except time itself; it’s how
it changes us that will shape this world of ours
even more than blue-tooth, and computers.
 
Don’t be in a hurry to grow up. Most folk
I know would give anything to go back
there again...to that neck of the woods
they call Childhood; contrary to belief
it’s a place, not a time
 
and never forget your late aunt's philosophy;
when they're writing that epitaph
it's not the dates that matter - it's the dash
in between's the important bit. 
 
So... good luck finding Ashley, Ashley, 
and in that finding have fun.  When it comes
to the crunch, that’s what counts.  
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Comments

Submitted by Syphon on

Loved this SSS, Really enjoyable read, thanks for sharing :)

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thanks, Syphon.  Appreciated.

SSS

 

Submitted by Jessiibear on

Damn. Never fail to disappoint, do ya. :)

Jess

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Pleased you think so, Jesssmiley  Many thanks.

Tina

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Tina,

I hope Ashley got to see this poem,  because I think it's a great tribute to her.

You made so many good points within the read,  that I found myself smiling and nodding in agreement.

Well done on this one and thanks for sharing.

Jenny.smiley

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

You're welcome, Jenny, and as for Ashley, I wrote a version of this for her eighteenth birthday, a couple of years ago, now, would you believe?  But this version is quite different, so I might just show hersmiley

Tina