Ode To the Shadows

Later the candlelight played with his features lounging in front of the on going fire Where were we going when we got to this place filled with bright hope and a hint of desire Someone or something has rattled the rainbow of Colors that danced in from sunsets' last glow open the window and let in the culprit hopefully someone or something we know Children of kittens we raised in the pantry late in that era of anything goes climb through the opening made by our whimsy play with the tassels and tickle our toes Tell us a story of childhood suspended fill up the room with a misty recall Clouds of contentment fluff up the pillows settle on memories saved for the Fall Saved for the ones who lean in from the shadows glad that we've brought them out of the past Saved for the stories told in the firelight Whispered in moments of love that will last.