Boxed up memories
Collect cobwebs in my attic
Where the ghosts of yesteryear
Come out to play
Euphoric nostalgia
Revives innocence
Cloaked in pure, white satin.
Brittle photographs of birthday parties
Wide eyed gazes
Crooked teeth
A raging jealousy of porcelain dolls
Ageless in time's gripping noose
A melancholic fantasy;
Infinite youth.