Hans Ostrom - Light a Candle

Sure, light a candle. Watch the wick, air, <br />and fire adjust to one another. Wait <br />as flame rights its posture. Glance at <br />gleaming liquid wax in a shallow pool <br />around the wick. Hear the nearly <br />inaudible sigh of oxygen as it expires. <br /> <br />Think your thoughts-or no thoughts: <br />stare. Consider someone afflicted, recall <br />someone gone long, say a prayer out loud <br />or silently, or say nothing. Flame seems <br />to center silence and the darkness. Light <br /> <br />a candle for a primitive impulse: flame <br />fascinates, it always has, and aromas <br />pique. Shadows perform. Light one <br />for a practical reason: to see better. <br /> <br />Light a candle and carry it in a silent <br />parade past the Power House. Or let <br />the candle stand. Stay home and subvert <br />the Power Houses simply by thinking <br />for yourself. Light a candle. Good idea.<br /><br />Hans Ostrom<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/light-a-candle-6/