Paper Dolls

Paper dolls-
tossed on the floor,
once real in the child's world,
but now no more.

Bunnies and bears and a pogo-stick-
shiny new presents
given for Christmas.

Forgotten on the floor
are all the paper dolls;
trampled and trod on
but allowed to watch it all.

Then comes night when the other toys
are all locked away
and the child is lonely and
does not know what to play;
once again he picks up the paper doll
and makes it real until
the Velveteen Rabbits return.

Then once again it is cast upon the floor;
a paper doll- now, always,
and nevermore.


~Anahbird~
September 21, 2005