I light the candle
remembering honoring missing
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I light the candle and see
myself in the dancing flame –
the simmering embers of grief
the warmth of remembered love
the sizzling burn of anger
at Death, who
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So I light the candle and stare down Death.
I will not flicker or flinch or fade.
For the light shines in the darkness,
Life is kindled from Death,
and nothing can stop its blaze.
Still a Beautiful World 