The Candles
There are those that hold the candles
while another lights the flame.
There are many doing nothing
without feeling any shame.
We all need the candles burning
without light we couldn’t bear.
Our existence would be nothing
if the candles weren’t there.
Is it fair that there are many
who not once add to the light?
Yet depend on candles glow
as they journey through the night.
While the holders of the candles
and the lighters of the flame
work in unison together.
Seek no glory, seek no fame.
What would happen to our future?
Would the multitudes be yearning?
If tomorrow turns to darkness
cause the candles have stopped burning.
About this poem
Some are watchers. Some are doers. Most others are in between.
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Written on 2012
Submitted by Giselavigil on December 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCB CDCD XEXE ABFB FCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 649 |
Words | 127 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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