Incandescence

Incandescence


Like a candle,
which burns so bright
it helps to shed
the darkness of the night;

Like a candle,
which burns so bright
yet it is so meek in the day
devoid of light;

That same candle
which I light
burns itself out
and kills my might;

That same candle
which I light
shows me the way
all through the night;

The same candle
which I light
has lost its glow
leaving me in this plight;

That spontaneous combustion
which made the light
seems to have disappeared;

That spontaneous combustion
which made things bright
come back now and reappear;

The light has faded
leaving the sleepers jaded;

The light has diminished
the remainders soon-to-be finished;

The light once pure and full of might
has lost its lustre gone with no bite;

Conjure back the magic for that last moment,
showing your full glory in that moment,
leaving the onlookers in amazement
in that last moment of incandescence:

Remind us of the love left unspoken.