By Gala
Date: 25 January 2001
Candlevine
Strike the match
and lay the flame against the wick,
tell yourself that it is the candle
that makes my eyes glow
when you the know the truth
to the inner walls of your soul.
Each time we touch
the vine grows more firmly
linking us hand to heart
heart to spirit.
My word is my bond---
and i fight the words
I fear will sunder the vine
and leave me to watch it wilt
while the stem bleeds the tears
I do not dare shed.
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