By Candlelight
by TS S. Fulk
Dance on little flame; yes dance on
for who can guess when you will drown
in a murky pool of melted
wax melted via your own heat
Dance on oh little flame; dance on
for at any second a gust
could bluster over you eating
away all of your oxygen
For you see I’m content
to sit here watching you
with your graceful footfalls
You are truly beauty
personified on earth
and I’m awed by your glow
Dance on my little flame; dance on
by your light darkness flees