Monday/Hey Arnold/ Poem

I am watching 'Hedy Arnold' :) ah, the memories.

Here is sequel to 'Child'

The days were shortening
and the dark growing
When I came home
tired and in pain

I lit the stove in the dark night
and the lantern burned bright
The heat of the summer was ending
and so were you and I

I sat in the shadows 
and you called to me quietly
I didn't want to rise
to reach out to the dying flame

You would make that little click and hum
like a mother reassuring a child
I see you standing there
frozen in my memory, my friend

But the gathering shadows and the call of the road
drawing me back, to another time and place
and there was no choice
weary and beaten, I followed the road

I left behind with you,
part of my heart and soul,
so that no matter where I go,
in my dreams I am with you,
sleeping like a child in my mother's arms