Light A Candle Poem by Susan Williams

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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