A flame flickers casting pale
shadows upon the wall
as it tries to escape from the
leaden wick that contains it
to the pale ivory wax base...
How softly it glows like
smudged autumn colours
embers pepper the base
and the wax melts just
like the moonlight melts
from the sky just before dawn...
I wait...
One wish...
One candle delicately
placed upon the vanilla
iced cake!
My breath slowly extinguishes
the untamed fire
and the wick crumbles.
My smile
fades...
everything
i once
heard is long
forgotten
silenced like
the candles flame...
still"
echos in
my mind!
with the entrails of smoke
the only detail left that
the candle had been lit
away with it blows my wish!
I wish... For change!
and that candle continues to burn!
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