Light
Candle light
Fragile and flickering
Yet confidently contradicting the darkness
Dark at its base
Yet cheerfully bright at its tip
Weak in its vulnerability
Yet strong enough to light
A thousand other candles
New with each candle lit
Yet as old as the eternal flame
As welcome as the lover’s embrace
Yet as frightening as the judge’s piercing eyes
A warm light bringing hope to the lost
Yet a cold light bringing warning to the hunted
A winter’s light contrasting with the season’s darkness
A birthday candle celebrating another year of life
Yet a funeral parlour candle celebrating a life that is finished
A candle on the birthday cake that is blown out
Like a candle in the wind.
©2009
James Hart
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem