Retro

Decided to stop at the mall today
       Just to remember
              All that had been

To remember the time I purchased mice
       At the pet store
              For the snakes

To remember the teen angst
       The many frustrations
              Of early life

To remember the gathering place
       For the cool people
              & uncool me
       
To remember the wonders
       Of the shop windows
              Of things others had

To remember the bookstore
       Of worlds that never were
              Where I'd always been

Now just an old man at the mall
       Walking corridors with echoes
             Full of youth, yet hollow

Now a fantasy world from the bookstore
       To then walk out the door
              Leave behind the yore