A creaking windowpane,
Pelted with snow,
Reflecting light onto the dusty, deep brown floor.
The rooms seems to sigh, pained with age,
Abandoned; left waiting,
The cold is kept at bay by a single lamp,
Filling the small space with warmth.
A cracked oven door clicks open,
Spreading the aroma of beef and spices.
Chipped china lay strewn upon the counter top,
Covered in holiday foods,
Gray in the dull light.
Abandoned; left waiting.
A single rocking chair,
Tucked in the corner,
Tilting back and forth,
An old woman sits upon it,
And sighs with the room,
Abandoned; left waiting,
On
Christmas
Eve
Central Resource Library’s interior will be closed on Saturday, Sept. 23 for Johnson County Library Foundation’s annual fundraising event, Library Lets Loose. The holds pickup window will remain open.