It's a privilege and an honor to publicly read poetry written 
                                                                  by my dear friend Victoria McColley.  In my 80th year, I think 
                                                                  it comfortable and fitting that I recite the earliest poem this
                                                                  great artist shares with us in her postings on Authorsden.
 
                                                                                                                                             --Richard Lee Orey  

                                                                                                   Days of Old

                       
                      
                                                                                             I stumbled upon a chest

full of treasures gems and gold...

Locked within a loyal devotion

honoring the days of old...

I held the secure lock of promise

it opened within my hands...

In vows to love me forever

with royal servant commands...

I sat with my disbelief

how something so good to be true ...

Then a wave of realization whisked upon me

and it was then I knew...

I was looking at a treasure

of gems and gold upon this chest...

Belonging to another’s heart

from days of old that will not rest...

(Written: January 17^th, 2008 6: 15 p/m)

~ Copyright ©2008 Vickie L. McColley ~

In Joy, In Peace, In Grace, In Harmony of Love

Embraced ~Embrasse' 

Please visit the poetic offerings of
Romantic Poetess Victoria L. McColley
by clicking this link:

http://www.authorsden.com/visit/author.asp?AuthorID=68762