I am a candle <br />Burning bright <br />Beneath lovers lips <br />Blown out at night <br /> <br />I’m stored away <br />While love goes home <br />Like prisoners, we <br />remain alone <br /> <br />I used to be so tall <br />But now I am quite small <br />My dreams once lit up buildings <br />Yet some nights they barely crawl <br /> <br />My flame flickers faster now <br />As I’m kept crying at our door <br />And soon I know the night will come <br />When I shall burn <br /> <br />no more<br /><br />Alison Mary Dunn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/candle-11/
