By Red, redsrus2@excite.com
Date: 14 February 1999

The Red Candle

September 8, 1985     12:30am

The red candle burns slowly.
     Like my love, it burns easily
     and the charred wick is my heart
     when the final breeze blows out the flame.

The red wax drips down the side of the candle.
     Like my blood sometimes flows,
     easily dripping into a puddle,
     quickly cooling when the lonely wind blows.


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