The Candle Flame

I am just a candle,
This heart withering and burning like a wick.

This skin surround like wax slowly melting

With lack of choice but to contain the flame

How can this flame be spread to light fires

When the world has turned fire retardant

All the people have become fire extinguishers

I am just a candle burning in the brightest of rooms

All that I hoped to be, all the hunger that lit the flame

Hangs as stalactites from the fixtures and furnishings of life

I am just a candle slowly burning, slowly melting

I am just a candle burning in the brightest of rooms

Human Voice 2012

Reviews

[Lucy Morningstar &heart..]

"I am just a candle slowly burning, slowly melting
I am just a candle burning in the brightest of rooms"

oh my goodness...the power contained just in those two lines is absolutely magnificent! another fantastic poem, sir!

[Mark Anthony Games (Human Voice)]

.....Sir!, not very often i get called sir, lol. Thank you x

[Sheila Kline]

You pose excellent questions, and admissions of one's inability to bring change as remorse and invades our spirit........"I am just a candle slowly burning, slowly melting" - there are times when we just can't seem to bring the fuel to fan the flame to burn higher, or with increased intensity! We do live in a world that seems to cause us to burn out! Where are the sparks of compassion, understanding, kindness, love to bring healing???

[Mark Anthony Games (Human Voice)]

'With lack of choice but to contain the flame' I am glad you understood the meaning. You words are more or less the spark that had those lines bouncing in my head until they fell out of my fingers. Thank you.

[Sheila Kline]

You are welcome! We all need a spark!