• I discovered the key,
    when I was walking home,
    from school I think.
    I remember it was small
    and golden.
    and shimmered in the light.
    I wondered why it was there.
    I thought, perhaps, someone
    had dropped it.
    or put it on the ground on purpose.
    I didn't know where it belonged.
    I liked to pretend that it is a key,
    to the queen's gardens,
    or to a treasure chest.
    I still have that key,
    I've had it for 76 years.
    I still don't know where it goes.
    but I imagine that when I do,
    it
    will
    unlock
    all
    the
    little
    secrets......