Somewhere <br />in a somewhere <br /> <br />far from here <br /> <br />(her death now <br />only these ineffectual words <br />crying in a book) <br /> <br />a match <br />is struck <br /> <br />in a church <br />in Sofiya <br /> <br />and a candle is lit <br />making visible <br /> <br />the memory of her <br /> <br />and the lost child <br />follows the candle home <br /> <br />as the old ceremony <br />allows <br /> <br />charmed by the sound <br />of her name <br /> <br />and her father’s voice <br /> <br />... searching.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/only-one-17/
