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The Lightning and the Candle

by

Alice C. Bateman

The lightning and the candle

And chocolate from my son

The strength, the warmth, the decadence

All rolled into one

 

The power of the lightning

Is awesome to behold

It lifts me right out of myself

A connection’s taking hold

 

The candle’s at my left hand

The pen is in my right

The lightning through the window

Illuminates the night

 

I turn my back unto the east

My heart is facing west

I’m drinking in the power

To undertake a quest

 

What shall it be, I wonder

What may soon come about

When I leap into the future

And leave behind my doubts

 

What will occur tomorrow

Or the day after then

Will it be joy or sorrow

That happens in the when

 

It matters not, I’ll take it

This is my life to live

To make you laugh and make you cry

To see what I can give

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