Shine like gold,
let slip the light
through a filigree mold
to illumine the night.
Let your lantern glow,
and its shadow-dance
will be unique,
and so-very-special
to all who know it.
Believe it,
interpret,
the shadow’s play grows
from where the gold-shadow shone
and this lantern
in the blackness,
might be confused
for a keyhole.
What thing, unlocked,
can be seen
inside the soul’s
forge, between
those filigreed holes?
Follow the patterns,
steps-and-tumblers,
clicks and rattles,
and unlock the light,
unlock the gold you own.
©️ 2019.