i'd like to remember her that way

she's old now.

and weak,

bone thin, and grey,

but

i'd like to remember her

as a young

woman.

pretty and smiling

for the camera.

i'd like to keep her that

way, fresh

in a golden frame.

never aging,

never sick

or sad, always with that look 

in her eyes.

holding in her heart

a joy that will never fade.