Laterns Of Light

Our power went out the other evening and as day blended slowly to night we found ourselves enjoying the adventure In the glow of our lanterns of light. With the wind whipping through the trees mixed with an occasional calm interlude we sat enjoying our rays of manufactured light and their accompanying solitude. The world looks different in a lantern's light… like something we've never seen. Everything is muted and softer… more intimate…much more serene. With no news, no TV, no devices our world became smaller…that night. With only the two of us in it… for a few moments the universe seemed right. We talked a little more to each other. There were no distractions and somehow we both came to know this is the way life always should be… as we basked in our lantern's sweet glow. The power came back on suddenly… as quickly as it had gone. In an instant where once there was darkness every light in the cabin was on. Deborah and I smiled knowingly at each other… then ran around flicking switches to bring back the night… determined to enjoy the rest of the evening in the glow of our lantern's of light.