THE MESSENGER

For all of those that await the online messenger..mine is a yellow circle, I call it the candle

                                                          THE MESSENGER

                                      THE YELLOW CANDLE DRAWS ME TO IT'S LIGHT....

                                                      I SITTING LIKE A FOOL,

                                               MESMERIZED BY IT'S INTOXICATION....

                                          IT DOES NOT FLICKER, IT DOES NOT FALTER....

                                     JUST COMES AND GOES ON A WHIM OF IT"S OWN.

                                   WILL IT LET ME FEEL THE WARMTH OF IT'S FLAMES, 

                                      OR IS IT'S PURPOSE JUST TO SHED A BEACON IN

                                         THE DARKEST OF MY HOURS, WHEN DOUBT

                                                     ENCOMPASSES MY BEING?

                                   ALL MY WORDS..ALL MY THOUGHTS GO UNSPOKEN.

                                            NO ONE HEARS THEM, NO ONE CARES.

                                          FOR HOW DOES ONE SPEAK TO A CANDLE?

                                    BESIDES, IT'S JUST A VIRTUAL IMAGE ON A SCREEN

                                               IT HAS NO HEAT, NO TRUE GLOW.

                                 JUST A CANDLE THAT MY BREATH CANNOT EXTINGUISH.

 

Reviews

[Kaya]

I can see the similarity in theme, but this is; like the rest of your work, so beautifully written. the line 'For how does one speak to a candle' for me at least was filled with so much emotional tension. This such an emotionally driven piece. I love it!!!!

[Ed Hart]

the inner world is larger than the outer one

[Chris]

Are we then to become the new "Moths" of the electronic age? Or shall additional advents of technological advance add still more to the reality of the net?

[closed..acct]

Wow such powerfulness in this write,
I really enjoyed this write, there is some truth in this.
Awesome!

[Emily B]

its not it's

there is power in the word, i find power comes more often in the boiled down to the bare bones kind of words, but then i'm so often informal

you have good instincts - i would like to see your true voice

[Brandon S. Whitten]

Excellent read and write, well done.

[Blindfolded]

A great read. I like how you intertwine technology and desire. It speaks to what many have experienced online.