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Candle-Life

Posted: Jan 29, 2009 Thu 02:12 am     Views: 308    Interacts: 4

Eager to erase
the gloom, I share
my wick with
a flaming match-stick,
and a fire engulfs
my very being.

The ordeal eats
me bit by bit as
I shed silent tears,
yet I've no fears
of the devilish dark,
for I can last till
the onset of dawn.

People will bask in
the light, come morn,
oblivious to my
ashen self.
A martyr to fight
obscurity will remain
obscure, unmourned.


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Posted by kashkin on Friday January 30, 2009 02:06 am
Aadil,
beautiful work of thought through passages of purity ...

keep it up my friend...it is indeed one of the finest of 2009...
Posted by Optimistic_Aadil on Friday January 30, 2009 12:26 am
@ thepoenix .. Thanks a lot! Liked your comment :)

@ khakiflash .. So very thanks! I like your remarks as they encourage me to try and write better. :)
Posted by khakiflash on Thursday January 29, 2009 11:01 pm
Remarkable work. I rate this as one of your very best.
Posted by thephoenix on Thursday January 29, 2009 10:29 pm
very 'enlightening' ha ha i used a sad little pun right there... i like the image this creates, very well worded

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