Friday, January 16, 2009

Shadows


















I returned to that old house I knew so long ago
And found it empty.  I knew it would be so.
But old memories like shadows on the floor
Danced a sprightly jig as I then closed the door.

3 comments:

Ann P. said...

Is this the house you grew up in or your mother's house that she vacated when she had to give up her home? I love the poignancy of the photograph and the image.

Ann P.

Keith said...

It's neither - the photo is one I took a couple of years ago at the Olsen House in Cushing, Maine. Our old house on 5th and Breathitt was torn down many years ago, but the memories and its shadows are very real for me.

Mary Lucy Franklin said...

Nice, Keith, - both the photograph and the sentiment. I'm about to post something a bit nostalgic myself.