Flea Markets

This describes the item of a flea market. A place where you can find quality merchandise from someone else life. It is also where you can feel the emotions of the previous owner.

Places of  many bargains and many dreams.
 Some long forgotten ,
 while others still linger.
 Hope still lingers in many of these possessions,
 from days long gone and from those yet to be.
Vendors sell many things,
curiosities  for display.
Toys for kids to play with. 
Books to read once again and movies from past, present and future.
People look at these treasures.
Once part of someone else.
Looking for bargains,
from someone else’s lives.
Many dreams lie here.
The faded past from some other life.
 Colorful clothes adorn racks.
Handmade furniture and used.
Historic relics from another time and place.
They are all here.
Waiting for someone else to give them new life.
One can only wonder,
 what these precious things have seen.
A lifetime with a loving family,
 A productive existence in someone’s home.
Yet now begins their new life,
new memories to replace old one.
New hope replaces lost.
To begin anew.

Reviews

[Glen Yumang Manese]

I like flea markets...you can get good bargains there...one man's junk is another man's treasure so to speak...plus the fresh produce they have on sale is the real bargain in the summer time...but I liked how you put reflection of this in your verse...

[Donald]

This is a simple piece dedicated to my sister and her husband who try to sell their wares at a flea market.