through a house during the night

walking through a house at night in the dark with no lights on.  seems kind of creepy and just plain strange.  try it, i dare you.  its an interesting feeling.  you can actually here the house breathing.  the people are silently upstairs or down the hall sleeping effortlessly.  dreaming of things that you are possibly interrupting with the sounds of your footsteps as you walk loudly across the hardwood.  outside, the world seems impossibly quiet.  the windows take away all sounds from the people beyond.  lights shine from the trees of the backyard but not a creature stirs through the leaves of the bushes or trees.  the house is different at night.  lights that will announce a room are turned off and all the little shimmers of smaller lights cast distracting flashes across the walls.  the floor is cold beneath your feet and as the hardwood creaks beneath your weight you quickly move to escape the unbearably loud sound.  mirrors make the rooms incredibly different in the night, for the lights play tricks on your mind.  casting different reflections in different places making the mirrors look like additions to the rooms.  even the slightest sound catches your immediate attention. one does not like to be bothered in the odyssey through the endless night in the wonderous house.