Drip- drip- drip falling the ugly drops <br />Within me in my holy lovely heart <br />Though I ‘m sleeping but I’m alert <br />Brisk darkness within me why crops? <br /> <br />What fear and fret that always ties me <br />O heaven! Please Unguided guide me <br />What eyes clasp, why mind faith not? <br />What this cold crept in on my bed hot? <br /> <br />O death! Beyond, beyond death I’m dying <br />What I was to buy here and what I’m buying? <br />How I’ll show my face to thee when I’ll back <br />With this palsied thought, humanity I will lack <br /> <br />I am not calling for help, nay; I will do never <br /> Lord, need thy courage, the courage forever <br />Need patience, I must burn like a holy candle <br />To show the path, to lost, into the darkest jungle.<br /><br />Aftab Alam<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-must-burn-like-a-holy-candle/
