August 24th Poem: Lovely Young Lady

August 24th Poem: Lovely Young Lady

Aug 24, 2024

Lovely Young Lady

A lovely young lady came today

and asked if my children wanted to play.

She was dressed neat and proper

from her head to her topper;

no jeans with a tear,

nor tussled blonde hair.

No baggy sweatshirt

nor a tear with a hurt,

but a lovely young lady

I saw standing there.

My surprise was so much

to see beauty as such;

I admit that my stammer

was as bad as my stutter.

For you've grown from a baby

to such a lovely young lady;

I was caught unaward

to see YOU standing there.

by Annette Gagliardi

Published in Reflections of Sunshine, 1982

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