I look around
the room
Decorated with memories of my childhood
Like a broken toy, scattered game pieces
Existing in fragments, like a half-forgotten dream
All significance lost
A dimly remembered
vision
Echoes of a time long ago
Memories the trigger long-buried pain
Regrets for things that never were
Things that can never be
Sorrows linked
in a chain of missed opportunity
Wrought in the forge of an empty soul
Afraid of rejection
Afraid of acceptance
Afraid to take the risk
