~~Little Candle~~

Little candle,

Do you hear

How the cold

Wind

Blows?

Little candle...

Little candle, do you

Hear how the rain

Patters upon the roof?

Little candle,

Burn so sweetly--

Sear black

The piece of paper

I hold out

To you.

Watch as your

Ever-growing

Child

Caresses the tar

Upon the torch.

Watch as it

Ignites.

Watch as the

Torch

Glimmers--

Before I take it away

Towards

The stake.

Little candle,

Hear

How people scream

And

Laugh

As the flame--

Grown from you,

Oh little,

Little candle!--

Sets alight

The pile of wood

At the foot

Of

The stake.

Watch as the

Mother dances

As her children scream.

Watch as flames

Lick up

Her legs.

Don't look away,

Little candle

Within the house:

This

Fire

Is

Yours.