Land of dolls

 

They announced

The closure of the museum today;

Land of dolls

Cars, from many nations

Many stories are told here –

Heard and unheard

 

I am pensive at the news,

I never visited as a child,

As a grown up

I have been wary,

What if it fails

All those childhood expectations?

 

Perhaps, I am pensive

Not because

I would never go some day

But because

I have nowhere now to go

When that day ever comes

 

Somewhere faces in bright colours

Still smile, welcoming

Innocent eyes

The land of dolls continues to thrive

Even if the land

Exists no more…

 

4^th August 2026

 

Written after news came today of the closure of the Nehru Museum