Toys in the Attic

Toys in the Attic

Toys left in the attic,
abandoned with such care;
a life lost, drab and static,
with playtime postponed, scared

Scared to walk the corridors,
scared to pace the halls;
feart of the attic space,
where desperate voices call

Beckoning the brave souls up,
that dare to rise, to burn;
to venture through the frozen halls,
... to see the pages turn

Career, twist and caper, born,
birthed from scrapbook dreams;
a quire craft from paper, drawn,
bound, gathered in a ream

In libraries where few have been,
with books so few have read;
spines curved yellow, pages seen,
dog eared, tattered... threads

Threads disguised as tales, loop,
as stories read, unfold;
narrators prized, sold, falling mute,
with narratives, less bold

Recycled conversations ring,
the wakes of wraiths enthralls;
a desperate conservation sings,
it circulates through halls

Rooms laid out in ways untold,
with phantoms in the night;
Architecture... barren, cold,
bereft a warming light

A present set aside for one,
afraid to let it go;
the gifting of a lonely sun,
... afraid to let it show

A fear of it being marked,
for less than what it's worth;
a fear of a careless spark,
to barren tinder, earth

A spark struck in a darkness, lights,
impromptu, rushed, unplanned;
with fires unrequested, bright,
with embers festered, fanned

Reaching out to corners, cast,
dark alcoves rarely touched;
warming up the borders, fast,
forgotten far too much

Frozen at the edges, numb,
bright, burning at its core;
open hallways, broken pledges, sums,
fear locked behind closed doors

Rooms we dare not shelter in,
havens we don't seek;
places we have never been,
... thoughts we dare not speak

Sleeping with a million thoughts,
swimming through the night;
sweeping under carpets, sought,
dimming with the light

Enlightened answers set to cost,
ploys set to hide, to scare;
abandoned with the chances lost,
we leave the toys up there

Toys upstairs in attics,
where prying eyes won't see;
noise lost up there in static,
... where such noises shouldn't be