The Golden Locket

The Golden Locket He handed her a little box And brushed aside her curly locks A birthday present wrapped in blue A little tag marked “I love you” She looked into his smiling eyes Held to her heart the small surprise Then opend up the cherished gift Much greater than she could have wished A golden locket on a chain A father’s love the gift contained Inside the heart two pictures placed She and her father, face to face He placed the chain around her neck And said some words she didn’t expect “My love for you is in this heart And from it I will never part” She wore the necklace year to year Through childish play and teenage tear And on her blessed wedding day She touched it as she knelt to pray Her locket held the love she’d known The tenderness he’d always shown He promised he would never part From love within the golden heart The day he died, her spirit cried Her love would never be denied She opened up the golden clasp And placed the heart within his grasp The locket glimmered in a way Just as his eyes that special day She said, “My love is in this heart And from it you will never part” She bought a locket made of gold Two tiny pictures it would hold She brushed aside her daughter’s locks And handed her the little box Through golden hearts of precious worth Is passed the greatest gift on earth From age to age, from heart to heart From children’s love we never part Written March 13th, 2002 © on Mar 13 2002 09:33 AM PST   0 • 8