Fairy Lights

“To live in joys that once have been,
To put the cold world out of sight,
And deck life’s drear and barren scene
With hues of rainbow-light.”
― Lewis Carroll

I was going to deck the hall,

with these fairy lights.

It’s not something that I normally do…

I wouldn’t call myself a Grinch,

others might…

it’s more a case of if I do this I’ll have to undo it later,

so why do it at all…

but I’m not my normal self at the moment,

which is rather fun,

and

so I thought,

why not indulge in X-mas excess,

as never before,

and turn the whole house,

into a sparkling palace.

“Dreams are like a magic cloak
Woven by the fairy folk,
Covering from top to toe,
Keeping you from winds and woe.”
― Thomas Pynchon

I plugged them in,

before placing them,

because it’s more amusing that way,

and played with ideas.

While untangling the knotted mess of glimmering bulbs,

I caught a glimpse in a reflective surface,

of the designs these lights make when they move.

Suddenly these sharp sparks,

sparked…

the next object in our Objectivity challenge,

Fairy Lights,

light the way,