Lights flicker as the candles burn    Molested by the wind    Causing the shadows to dance    Enkindle the inanimate to life       The flicker of light    Illuminating words that I write    Coruscating the darkened room    Words gleaming within my eyes       Lights flicker as the candles burn    Sparking memories of seasons past    Happiness engulfed and gone    Burning within the flames       Lights flicker as the candles burn    The sky grows dark with rain    The candle, my only light    Memories within my words       Lights flicker as the candles burn    Extinguished by the wind    Memories gone with the scent of smoke    Words I have written but have never spoke