A huge and shiny mystery box
Sat before me on the floor
It was adorned with shiny locks
Excitement shook me to the core

For many years I had this dream
That I would find the things I’d lost
And now this shiny box would seem
To solve my dream at any cost

I told myself to surely find
The most important item first
So searching deep into my mind
To label all, the best and worst

There was a list of childhood toys
And lovers lost when I was young
The car I raced with all the boys
And Christmases with tinsel hung

The day I found my mate for life
The moment I became a Dad
The life and time shared with my wife
Those times for which I am so glad

I guess we all have lost so much
That placing first the only one
Will be most difficult and such
Must carefully be thought and done

And then I knew, no doubt in mind
That in the box, one choice, no other
From the box I’d search and find
Loving time spent with my Mother