Love's Candle

The candle drips its molten tears
Of promise expiring
Flame chasing its lifeline
Consuming as it follows
A descending path

Gasping its last illusion
Love’s twin puppets,
Hope and Despair
Dance their shadows
Silently upon the walls
A child’s ballroom fantasy
Shown in vague glimpses

Moving in rhythm to
My breath
A fragile light pushes
Away all that is lonely
At the fringes of wonder
Courage builds in the
Chilled face of doubt

We may believe in romance
If we believe in God
And have forgotten self
At its most fulfilling moment
Love best expressed and
Demonstrated by this soft
Amber glow