One Candle Poem by Barry Middleton

one candle still can light a room
one candle burns and it may know
outside the world is indigo
beneath a cloak of somber gloom

the sun is hiding in the east
no hint as yet that she will rise
her golden hair and flashing eyes
will soon illuminate the skies

I'll be outdoors to see her then
the goddess is my morning friend
and I must worship her at dawn
Aurora walks upon my lawn

a single candle stays the dark
to quietly wait Aurora's light
a song sung by the meadowlark
and hope and faith to end the night