A Wednesday Poem

I wrote this poem for my husband for our 7 year anniversary, which is traditionally celebrated with copper.  I found four pennies with his birth year, my birth year, our daughter's birth year, and the year we were married. 

Pennies Of Time

By Julie McElhinney

Our lives are like these pennies

Gently aging through the years,

Some shine with their youth

Others darkened by their tears.

But no matter what the age

Or what they’ve been through,

Their worth is all the same

No matter what they may do.

Through the span of time

From the first date to the last,

I’ve come to appreciate

This time from our past.

You’ll find the date that you were born

And the date that I arrived,

You’ll find the date we became two

And the date our union thrived.

Now you have a collection

Of four pennies in your store,

Throughout the span of time

I hope we collect some more.