Written by Dennis Brown
Shadows move upon the wall Dancing in the dark of night
Exposing what the candle holds
Through the flames of its lambent light
The flicker of the truth it hides
Lights aglow atop its wick
As it tunnels within its burning whole
To find its way through thin and thick
The candle forms from heat expelled
From warmth that has found its path
As it sends its scent of life evolved
Through happiness and times of wrath
It burns until it longs to cease
To find an ending to its ways
Until the spark has come to rest
To settle upon the ash of day
The candle burns for all to see
To what will be and to what will last Until the air cuts its will to breathe
And the wax has left its melted past.
© 10/2021
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