The Jolly Tolly I Used To Be

They say the mirror never lies, But where's young Tolly gone? Encrusted lids on bloodshot eyes Where only beauty shone! Just look at me as I stand tall Against this counter now, I once was small as I recall, But time changed me somehow! I once was but a tiny girl, With such a baby voice, Before love set my heart a-whirl, Before I fancied boys! And Mother heard me say it's true, Fairies were fireflies! And all the stars that humans view Are fairies in the skies! My thoughts are echoes from the past, Like fireflies within, Reminding me that time moves fast At home with kith and kin... Fast as the wind, that's how I ran, With squirrels, ravens, crows! Yes, that was how my life began... Who's Tolly now? God knows! Denis Martindale, copyright, November 2010. This tribute poem is based on Inner Child (part one) by Tolly Rebeka Christian Blackwolf Hawk who has permitted it being shared on poemhunter.