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We don't stop playing games because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing games |
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 |