A Thousand Candles Poem by Beatrice Preti

She is a thousand candles burning bright
She is the lantern leading me out of the night
She is a well of water in the midst of a drought
In a maze of life's madness, she shows the way out
She is a fresh shower of rain upon desert sand
She is the first solid ground on which ship-wrecked men stand
She is the angel of God who watches the Earth
She teaches us everything that life can be worth
She is the freshly-bloomed rose on a midsummer's day
She is the full moon which rises to light up the way
She soars like the birds in the heavens above
She pities the Devil, and tries to teach him to love
I know that she loves me, even if we don't always agree
I know that, regardless, she'll be right beside me
She is the queen of perfection, humanity's biggest lover
She is the light in the darkness, for she is my mother