There’s a way that shadows play

over hardwood floor

when only lamplight spreads the gleam

and darkness hides in shades.

It seems a closer kind of light

a bright that almost reaches out,

shakes your hand

and winks as if to say

the shadows always leave

this way, when people

really care to light the world

in liquid gold.

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