Little Kids And Candlelight

To be a kid way back then

Shadows flicker and dance

Faint the glimmer 

Of candlelight flame

Frantically dancing 

As if to keep 

Darkness at bay

Not e’en a tap dance

Upon taper of tallow

Nor whispered prayer

E’er so hallowed 

can  help to hasten 

The breaking of day

So doth the flames 

Gamely sputters

The glow dims and gutters

Til the taper

Melts slowly 

…Away…

Creeps forth the dark

At candle’s last spark

Wick a wan glow

Dying ember at best

Kids cuddle close… near nose to nose

As do , new chicks In their nest

Heads buried ‘neath

Pillows and coverlet deep

Darkness and drowsiness

Relentlessly seep

To bind the kids minds

In fetters of silk and

Carry them away

… off to sleep…

Author's Note

A bit maudlin I admit!