The flicker of a candle

This is a poem I had published in the Blackburn Telegraph, inspired when I bought a Christmas decoration. Will you please spare a couple of minutes of your time to read and comment. Thanking you in anticipation.


THE FLICKER OF A CANDLE.

Sitting on a book.dripping in wax
Soft to touch!…lovely to hold,
The flicker of a light
So dim in the night.

Candle light, candle power
It’s a unit a measure of light,
It sits on the book it’s flame erect
It flickers from dusk into night.

A candle !…a prayer
For a loved one we pray,
A glimmer of hope
What would Charles Dickens say.

A Candle can be large or small
But without the wick there is nothing at all,
Just hold it my love!..yes hold it for me
The flicker of a candle!..is that all you see.

Pat Preece ( a Blackburn Lass )