Some contain clothes, others have boxes. Some even contain skeletons. One last thing, nothing to worry about, Some have people coming out.

I shine brightest in the dark, A beacon when all is bleak. To have me costs nothing, Yet I am what the desperate seek. I can live through a storm or fade with a lie, And without me, your spirit would die. What am I?

Five to start: a small furry animal, one that often gives people a startle as it scurries by, so keep the cat nearby. The last four are a way to snare something, maybe even the first. Add en to this four and it becomes an illegal police trick. Combine the five and the four and you have a device people still try to make a better version of. When it works well, it uses the last four on the first five.

I am the texture of a peach, A warm feeling inside, Or a blurry memory. What am I?

I peer through another’s delight, And curse what they shine in my sight. I darken the mood, Turn praise into brood. What shadow walks green in the light?