Soft voices on the narrow stairs ...

I sat before the fire, reading by torchlight - 

There'd been a power cut - 

Suddenly the house remembered its past, the harmonium, the teacher's black dress, an anthology of sermons, a collections box for the African Missions - 

 

Six tea lights cast wavering light from the mantelpiece - 

Darkness filled the rest of the house - 

I heard soft voices on the narrow stairs - 

22.30

Wednesday 22 February 2017

The Old School House

East Stoke

Dorset