I found a penny in the grass
A little dull, a little worn
It looked as if it might have slept
Out in the rain since I was born
I picked it up and rubbed it clean
And watched it catch a bit of light
A tiny copper-colored moon
That somehow made the day feel bright
They say a penny brings you luck
If you are lucky when it’s found
I do not know if that is true
Or just a thing that gets passed round
But still I kept it in my hand
And made a wish before I knew
A quiet wish, a secret one,
The kind you never say out through
I put the penny in my drawer
Beside some notes and odds and ends
And thought that maybe luck is just
The hope a small lost thing can send