Rays Of Light Are All We Are Poem by Mark Heathcote

Like a candle, we've not got long to live
we burn unevenly fast and then slow
we burn to embers and dust
we close a familiar door, placing a forefinger-
over the keyhole, we make an eternal seal.
We emboss our soul on a corroded lock
and pray another door opens to rays of light.
Tallow light that never melts away,
a day that never ends or has a new daybreak
we each hold a candle in our hearts
rays of light flicking with every breath
till there's nothing left, except
the corona of a once-dying living star.
Rays of light are all we are.
Like a candle, we've not got long to live
we burn unevenly fast and then slow
we burn to embers and dust
tallow light that never melts away,
rays of light are all we are.
We close a familiar door, placing a forefinger-
over the keyhole, we make an eternal seal.
We emboss our soul on a corroded lock
and pray another door opens to rays of light,
Rays of light are all we exist to be.
blossoms that never decay, mould or wax over
drink despair to the full or fall
we are the petals of light
the universe has come to know
rays of light are all we are.