‘I am melted’ she said,
sighing to music
like ice-cream?
like cheese?
like chocolate?
I asked her, concerned
”I think like hot fudge syrup,
yes like that”
thoughtfully she replied,
looking in my eyes,
dripping caramel
I’m so glad it’s not like a candle!
I would hate her to burn away and go out
leaving me with no light
especially on a such a magical night
as this
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the ‘melt’ music ~ The Way You Look Tonight by Dolls Combers
The world is full of blessings and light
And yet my feeble candle still stutters
Dark moths gather outside, escaping night,
They flutter softly against the shutters.
What is this feeling I cannot define,
What is the central source of this sorrow?
This darkness and loss can only be mine
I will send it away by tomorrow.
Over and over I send it away
Filling emptiness with music and song
Asking the angels to come back and stay
To help me feel I am here and belong.
Let moths burn in bright flame of desire
Transmute their wings to celestial fire.
i take a flame, my
blessing candle
shines and burns.
i will light another at
the end, to bless us both,
for nothing truly ends
whatever comes of it
i shall always have the will
to keep it kindled, not
a flame guttering at the last,
it will always show the
way through even darkest night
this is my solemn vow to you, but
though it be hard to keep, ah
it is worth long vigil. my
valour vanquished foes,
the battle always won, and
when the night is over, oh
such victory is mine, my
foes become my friends
and here’s the path it shows, it
bathes us all in love, gives
my life a blessing spell, a
pool of bliss so lovely,
a glory, full of light!
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if you read the last word of each of my lines you will see a poem by Edna St Vincent Millay –
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!
The Dreaming Path 