Adding texture to a poem???

Question:

Adding texture to a poem???

In my college creative writing course, we had to write a rhyme poem based on a childhood object. Now I need to polish it for the portfolio assessment, but not sure how to add texture. (originally she thought it should be sinister, but I just can't make the antique doll I've had for 40 years and turn her into Chuckie!) Thoughts/ideas greatly appreciated.

SHE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE

She was a friend of mine, my secrets she did keep,
On the shelf or clutched in arms, as I cried myself to sleep.

She was a friend of mine, the only real one that I had.
Our play was full of adventures, thru happy days and sad.

She was a friend of mine, we both had hair of red.
And liked to read Laura Ingalls, snuggled beneath Gramma??s quilts upon the bed.

She was a friend of mine, my secrets still deep inside.
There is a special place for her, wherever I reside.

She was a friend of mine, and that is still the truth
Although I??ve gotten older and she??s still the face of youth.

Her name is Susie May Lovely, I wanted you to know.
She was a special friend of mine—a long, long, time ago

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Well think back into your childhood of the games and things you used to do together and add a little animation or creativity to it, example: if you had tea partis you might write about how you had a very imporatant date and didnt want to be late and you had no time to say hello or goodbye because you were late,late,late. As the Alice in wonderland explains. Use anything like the goofy dresses you would wear to match your dolls and the silly names you gave them or yourself to portray a whole new imaginative world you lived in as a child. As a child your imagination would flow free so let your adult mind free once more and you will find what you are looking for. From the things around the room to the conversations you had or the places you went, like when you took her ir he out to the garden or played in the yard or how your parent would say NO and you could turn them into a toad. ..... be creative as a child and you will do just fine. Thats what poetry is.