Shining, smiling, cheerful and gay <br />You stand on my cake <br />Slowly burning away. <br />Hey! The candles on my cake <br />Can you stay put? <br />Forever with me can you stay? <br /> <br />You continue to burn <br />But don’t speak <br />what is that makes you tick <br />Is it Blazing glowing and smiling wick? <br /> <br />The blazing spirit to symbolize <br />Depleting strength; <br />Still spreading light <br />Melting self, but standing firm <br />You present life to me <br />Wrapped firm … <br /> <br />Can I burn like a candle too? <br />After all I have been, to become YOU <br />Fire within and fire through <br />Melting skin, burning soul <br /> spreading light; <br /> My worthy goal… <br />Bathed in my glow here I stand <br />On cake of life, <br />Flame flickering through thick of strives…. <br />Struggling, stifling trying to glow <br />Ducking at times, taking a bow <br />Melting cake, underneath <br />Still spreading light <br />Till I breathe<br /><br />Nikunj Sharma<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/candles-on-my-cake/
