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M.D DINESH NAIR (9 -21 / Thrissur (Kerala) / Vijayawada (A.P) , India)
A CANDLE AND A MAN.
Someone lights a candle
And I see the things around.
A candle must burn like this
Nay, every candle must burn like this.
I begin to tell every one.
A candle dies as it lives for us
And we appear to live while we travel towards the end.
A candle lives and lives while it appears to be dying..
A lot we have to learn.
I begin to learn none.
It`s a candle which lives and lives throws greater questions
And I begin to be introceptive
-A mental exercise on a confined mind.
When shall I begin to live like a candle?
When shall I give out a flame that lives?
The questions begin to boomerang on me
As I sit in the candle light and see everything.
I see everything?
I miss to see a candle too.
The ghost of a candle haunts me.
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Life pauses so many questions hitherto unanswered and many a mystery of the universe is yet to be probed! So it is better not to rake our brain. When shall I begin to live like a candle/// When shall I give out a flame that lives- if such a query comes from inside, that's enough! I feel that you are cast in the mould of a philospher! ! I am puzzled before the questions you raise! ! As usual a powerful write! !
a meaningful poem...the wisdom candle in you has both warmth and light....10
You are so right, we have to share the light, we have to share the load then everybody sees and shares. Bob
Lines from life, meaningful description, 'we appear to realise it at the end', true to its core, reflex of candle gentle, great poem
When shall I begin to live like a candle?
When shall I give out a flame that lives?
........................................those who burn donate their life for others, this is real living,
a good analogy...Candles refects on the understanding of man..
The rhetoric is powerful and incites thoughts in the readers too....
**Abha**
quite a didatic poem..
thanks for sharing
ric
A \wonderfull poem Dinesh! you have talent! ! ! !