Light A Candle

. the night has fallen and the moon has hidden behind dark clouds . it rained all day long today from a dark and gloomy gray sky . my coworkers said goodnight but not as if they cared if it was or not . the news on the car radio was depressing as it always is these days . home from work at last cold and damp and weary to the soul . I unlocked the door and turned the lights on . the house was so empty yet I could hear the ghosts walking . I turned the lights back off and sat by the picture window . and stared out at the cold dark world and despaired . perhaps music from another time another life sung by the sultry Roberta Flack . would take me back to better days and better times . The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face she sang and I was lost in soft gauzy memories . from so long ago from nights not lonely . I listen to her over and over again lost in memories of silk and satin . and one more time I light a candle . and put it in the window where it glows . and I wait . . ~~~~~~~~©January 2021 Susan Williams