Shadows

Alone

in my somber room.

I welcomed you home 

to the depths of darkness. 

The wick on the candle

smoldered silently

As I felt you slip quietly

into the shadows. 

Once strangers to me - 

I was frightened, 

yet full of a tingling sense

of anticipation and adventure. 

There I was in a world

I thought was my own. 

Now to share it. 

Curiosity - 

Why had you come?

Quietly I whispered to you - 

Only the flame flickered 

and danced on melted wax. 

You visited --

We became friends.