A Child's Room- Poem

A Child’s Room

Pink nail polish,
blue ribbons,
yellow roses,
white wicker.
A child’s room-
the child now gone-
holds many memories

A treasured doll,
growth  measured on the wall,
school trophies,
a prom dress.
so much love.
Now that the child is gone-
other memories echo

A mother weeping,
A father mute,
the sister hurting,
the neighbors stunned.

A child’s room-
(the future now gone)
sits silently like a tomb.