Faded lace

I think Eve's given you some good suggestions here. I wondered about wandered and wondered in the first line, but I found I kinda liked "wondered" even if it might be a typo.

lovely little piece, doll.

The last two lines are a nice touch. They add an interesting detail that makes the poem a bit more complex. Since this is really good, I'll pick at a couple of minor things just as suggestions to improve an already fine poem.

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You write "pictures frozen in time./Men in uniform smiling back at me/forever young." Frozen in time is a bit cliche but nothing unforgivable. Forever young is rather overused but can work fine, depending on how it's used in a poem. If it describes the lace, for example, it would be more interesting. But when you're talking about the men smiling back and being forever young, it sounds rather tired and like a wasted opportunity to show the reader a vivid image.

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So, I'm just talking about making a minor change or two. What? Well, there are lots of options. You could keep the words the same and just shake them up a little and let them fall somewhere new and play with line breaks.<br>

<br>I wandered through your Mother's

<br>box of memories today, pictures

<br>smiling back at me,

<br>forever young. Men in uniform

<br>frozen in time,

<br>lost to the ravages of war.

<br><br>Pictures (or any inanimate object) getting to do something human like smile or be young seems more interesting than young, smiling men.<br>

In the first line you could even try "my hands wandered" "curiosity wandered" etc.

That is beautiful. Melancholy, but so beautiful.