Hourglass

As he walks through the doorway he turns to remind her

To bring her umbrella cause the weatherman says rain

Because she's always forgetting things she should remember

Like her bag, her funny hat, and that silver key chain

His thoughts go drifting back the first time he saw her

Can't believe it's been 60 years such a long time ago

She held a rose in one childlike hand was waving with the other

A princess at the county fair in a Cadillac real slow

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Snapshots of memories in the hourglass of time

Like grains of sand they're slipping through her fingers and her mind

Sifting through the reasons and trying to find a rhyme

Turn it over a second time

Married her they raised a family tiny acorns grew to tall oak trees

Then were swept away on a summer breeze fleeting shadows one by one

Hand in hand they'd stand and look upon faded grass on the old front lawn

Trodden by children who played from early dawn 'til the street lights came on.

Years flew past as they're wont to do he grew older and she did too

Fragile flower fading colors just awaiting the coming frost

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