Thursday, July 10, 2014

Votive Candles


Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

 

Votive Candles

 

For Abbie and ‘Zander

 

They haven’t been penny candles for ever so long

Because there aren’t any pennies anymore

Everyone simply calls them votives now

Those old-church, wax-stained banks of little flames

In silence flickering in the shadows grey

There launching, limning prayers into the world

Small acts of firm defiance against the night -

And you are votives too, small gifts of light

Incarnate prayers aglow within the hearts

Of those forever blessed in knowing you.

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