You Were a Child Only Yesterday

Teen Blowing Dandelion - Yuri Arcurs

YOU WERE A CHILD ONLY YESTERDAY

How quickly the years seem to slip away.

You were a child only yesterday.

Preferring jeans and sneaks to gingham and lace

You would run through the woods

And catch frogs by the pond

Or blow seeds from the stem of a dandelion wand.

So pretty you looked with your fine silken hair

As you ran with your kite through the breeze

then dash off again to climb trees.

We'd gather berries together

From the blackberry vine

To make our favorite pie

And eat it all beneath a tree

We shared so much, you and I.

How quickly you've grown,

You're no longer a child.

Now clothed in the finest of lace

As you walk down the isle with grace.

But don't forget to climb trees,

And fly kites in the breeze,

Nor the taste of blackberry pie.

How quickly the years seem to slip away,

We shared so much, you and I.

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