Hollow Room

Hollow Room The emptiness of your room full of things is jarring It’s silence so loud you can hear it toys once alive now stoic bedtime stories reduced to ink and paper Stuffed animals only stuffing Ponies and dolls, immovable and muted Games no one wins Unbuildable legos Dress up clothes only fabric Puzzles turned to cardboard Precious Trinkets and keepsakes now meaningless Stickerless windows A door to the future now a chasm to the past Echoes of Hope on the walls Memories made now fading Moments frozen in time A room full of life now void