Eternal Light

A poem about that little yellow ball in the corner of my computer...

The flickering orange glow

of a candle,

casts a light upon cold stone,

in this lonely home;

as if trying to show

what’s written in this tome

is surcease of any shadow.

 

Because in it,

the words are written of you,

whose light glows stronger

than this stick of wax,

which will not burn much longer,

as it melts, because it lacks

the warmth I have felt

in your inspiration.

 

With perspiration

dripping

down my coarse skin,

to my soul

and the thoughts within

thinking blessings and sins,

from the heat of your coal,

fueling the fire

that inspires my mind

                    and my heart.

 

Boiling my blood

to be made into ink,

scratched into parchment

with words that sink

and seep,

to and from some inner compartment

of my soul,

              buried deep.

 

The flickering orange glow

of a candle

in the corner of my home,

casts a light that inspires

fires within my soul,

and desire in my bones.

It rids my life of the shadows

          I had when I was alone…

Author's Note

Another poem inspired by a muse, a little yellow ball, and a sprinkling of my own neuroses lol

Reviews

[de_maruf]

fine

[nivram]

Deep! It became deeper as i read it a few more times....

[MachinaWriter]

I'm glad you found it interesting enough to read it more than once, that's a great compliment ^^

[Damien Davison]

This one was really good, a lot of imagery, descriptive and creative wording. Great!

[MachinaWriter]

Thanks, man ^^ Glad you liked it lol

[eglantine]

When reading this, I felt as if I was not reading a poem, but rather admiring an oil painting.

[MachinaWriter]

That was probably the best compliment someone could give. Thank you, that means a lot ^^ At least, I think that was a compliment lol

[eglantine]

yes, it was lol

[MachinaWriter]

lol well, then ty ^^

[Riley Mistwood]

very nice

[MachinaWriter]

thank you ^^

[Kelsey]

This is beautiful. It's crazy to see what little things inspire you to write such beautiful poetry. The flow of this was, as always, amazing. The fact that you wrote a whole poem based on a candle, and made it so much deeper than "just a candle," is amazing. Rather than just describing the candle like many poets would do, you went into different details and you made it a beautiful, impressive piece. You never fail to blow me away.