lantern light
that warm glow of being burned
just gentle enough to sleep by
cabins and miners and romance
mixed with kerosene’s greasy smell
liquid light in glass
raising and lowering the wick
snug nostalgia
now nearly snuffed out
lantern light
that warm glow of being burned
just gentle enough to sleep by
cabins and miners and romance
mixed with kerosene’s greasy smell
liquid light in glass
raising and lowering the wick
snug nostalgia
now nearly snuffed out