Shadow Puppets

This is the light,
in which we meet,
throwing shadows
onto the wall.

Bringing life
to imperfect things.
Wolves, rabbits,
and all.

Growling, howling,
and dancing,
opaque possibilities
on a candlelit stage,

with slight of hand and shadow,
finding something real in
the things we made.

Playing make-believe,
with suggestions of
a child's art once lost.

Disguising reflections of love
in the shadows that we tossed.