The Little Toy Shop

The little Toy Shop in the High Street,

With its pebble glass windows and doors,

Was a magical place, with its curtains of lace

And delight on its shelves and its floors.

It had always enticed and enthralled me,

With its skaters that whirled on a rink,

With tops that would hum, and soldiers with drum,

And dolls with bright eyes that would blink.

It had stood near the kerb in the High Street

In a small seaside village in Wales,

And we would go there for a part of the year

Near the Inn that was selling Welsh ales.

And I would stare in through the window

Though the glass would distort what I’d see,

When the women would pass, all the chattering class

I would think they were talking to me.

It would sound like they sang to each other,

Not a word in my English was said,

And their voices would meld with that Toy Shop,

Till I thought, ‘What goes on in their head?’

But I left that Welsh village behind me

As I grew, with much laughter and tears,

It was later, a trip would remind me,

What I’d left in the past, all those years.

Then I found myself standing outside it,

That little Toy Shop from the past,

Where nothing had changed, just the stock rearranged

When I stared through that window at last.

I opened the door with the pebble glass

And I made my way slowly within,

And there stood a girl in a bonnet and blouse

And a pinny tucked all the way in.

Her hair was the colour of seaside sand 

And her eyes were the blue of the sea,

I noticed that there was no ring on her hand

And that she stared intently at me.

I think we both knew in an instant then

That within a short year we’d be wed,

But though she still sings in her Welsh with a friend

I don’t know what goes on in her head.

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Lovely tale of romance and er, bliss...

[T.S. Sky]

Men seem to never understand what goes on inside the heads of women. :)
Lovely poem.

[Coyote Poetry]

I enjoyed the poem. Nice tale led to a happy ending. Few knows what goes on in a woman head. Thank you David for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Sonakshi Arora]

This was an amazing read! I enjoyed it so much! 😃
Looking forward to read your works !