Saturday, December 14, 2013

This Candle

Light
this candle
between us

in holy ritual
promise
& vow

our clock
this candle

let it burn
       down
burn down

to
the time of color
and fleeing
waxen faces

this light
this candle
between us

would you
snuff it
before?


©Eusebeia Philos 2013

Written for dVerse Poets Pub

14 comments:

  1. i like the question...and i hope that they let it burn all the way down so that there is none left...in burning it all the way there is def reason to celebrate...smiles..

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    1. I think they will even though the question of doubt can enter.

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  2. hey did not see you linked in...did you do this for dverse?

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    1. Oh yeah. Might have got it posted a few minutes before the link! You're quick on the read!

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  3. until it's burned down.... yep... no snuffing before its time...there's something radical in this...

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  4. The candle shared between people is a special candle indeed, one which hopefully will burn a long, long time!

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  5. The candle burning out like a bond that decays.. and that last stanza.. maybe better do it..?

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  6. I like the sparse tight write ~ May the candle burn bright between and amongst people ~

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  7. Enough said...the candle is the best metaphor to describe a partnership or marriage...you light it together and keep it lit until there is no more..nice.

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  8. Delicate and entirely beautiful. Lovingly phrased...marvelous :)

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  9. The candle as symbol of mutual love, what a delicate poem! Hope its flame never extinguishes...

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  10. Let the candle keep burning..or would you snuff it..interesting ending..

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  11. I love this thought provoking poem...let it burn is what I say.

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