Life is an Old Curiosity Shop
Life is an Old Curiosity Shop-
We all live in our memories.
We dream of those winds of yore
And try to feel them under our chest.
Life is an Old Curiosity Shop-
We peep into it with sentiments.
Where are those fluttering kites?
Where are our umpteen broken toys?
Life is an Old Curiosity Shop-
We search for lost faces and places.
Where are our friends and classmates?
Where are our hamlets and playgrounds?
Life is an Old Curiosity Shop-
Feelings form a strong tide.
Past in many ways haunts us
And into blind alleys do we drift.
Life is an Old Curiosity Shop-
What is the sense of it?
As we grow in our age
Our past becomes our own shadow.
About this poem
Life is an Old Curiosity Shop- What is the sense of it? As we grow in our age Our past becomes our own shadow.
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Written on December 21, 2006
Submitted by subramanian_a on December 05, 2023
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 645 |
| Words | 138 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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