Growing Dim

Stacking chairs and memories 

in a dark room with my flashlight 

Afraid of looming dragon shadows

Perhaps just cats in a trick of light

I place empty vitamins on my tongue

and I pour a cup of juice to drink

Yet the darkness toys with me

So for a moment I stand and think

In light I find dragon toys on the chairs

while some cats drank juice unaware

But my old flashlight was growing dim

so I misplaced my cup of vitamins

Who needs vitamins or even juice?

I tossed flashlight over toys and chairs

and tapped the cup on a cat's caboose

to watch it like a dragon fly out the room