Hope

Flames sway to unheard melodies

Warmth chasing away the silhouettes

Clinging to timeworn wood.

 

Distant chimes shatter the stillness

One… two… three… a boy whispers

Rekindled hope.

Ten... eleven... twelve...

I’ve kept my promise,

I’ve believed.

Where is he?

 

Time elapses

Minute by minute

Hour by hour.

 

Flickering light slowly wanes

Shadows

Are all that are left.