Sorry for the underlines... I'm just learning how to format text in this. I have yet to understand how to make the text fit where I want...
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The Gentle Candle-Flame
The gentle candle-flame burns bright
A common symbol, oh so trite
Of hope, of peace, and contemplation;
And yet I stare in consternation
At the fire’s dismal depths;
_______________________There lie
________tears I’ve not yet shed. You die!
Beneath set countenance I break down
And stare ahead, though my thoughts drown
In stupors of lost despair,
______________________without You...
I gaze around me, crushed anew
Amidst evil glitters of mournful flame –
To me all rites are now the same –
A life so great, gone down the culvert:
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A funeral’s candle brings no comfort.
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Please tear this apart. Thanks.