""Burning Candle""

by Rebecca - Capricorn

That burning feeling deep within, 
That passionate desire-		
It burns so deep		
It churns like fire.
		
That flame was bright; 
never dimming,		
Then the wind came 	
And sent it spinning					
Swirling and whirling
Almost extinguishing the fire, 
It felt so hot
With burning desire.

The wind suddenly stopped
And it became unclear,
Whose fault was it?
It just wasn’t fair.

Was it the wind, the candle, 
Or maybe the flame?
Whatever it was
The candle wasn’t the same.

It was; in fact, just too
Much,
Too forceful for even the 
Wind to touch.
	
As time went by
The flame grew stronger,
The candle, then knew the wind
Blew no longer.

The candle grew happy
And said with a smile
“The flame always wins,
Your heart always runs wild.”

So if ever one day
The wind begins to blow,
Look within the flame
And it will tell you where to go.

Because if you look deep enough
You will find,
That oftentimes it is the 
Heart that controls the mind.

Reason for writing:

    I wrote this about a relationship I was in. The candle represents me, the flame represents love and the heart, and the wind represents the problems that come about in relationships. Basically the moral of the poem is to follow your heart, because in the most difficult situations it will always lead you in the right direction.    

Birth sign: Capricorn
Date created: 2001-04-01 14:08:52
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:43:57
Poem ID: 61516

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