The Candle
So
Hot,
Bright
As you
Dance
In the
Nite.
A
Curiosity,
Boggling
The mind.
Melting
Away, yet
You never
Give up.
From tall
To short,
You can’t
Grow back,
But you
Still keep
Shining,‘til
The last
Drop of
Your being
Is gone.
©1988 KMDavis-Scheuer (Age 17)
Poetry is what is lost in translation.
Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.
| Title | Comments | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Comments | Submitted |
| Forever Grey | 0 | 07/13/2012 |
| Do I Exist? | 0 | 06/14/2011 |
| Smile | 0 | 06/13/2011 |
| Masks | 0 | 06/13/2011 |
| When A Poet Can't Write | 3 | 12/05/2010 |
| Imagination | 1 | 08/15/2010 |
| Shapes In The Sky | 1 | 08/15/2010 |
| Hiding | 1 | 08/11/2010 |
| Destitution | 0 | 08/11/2010 |
| The Candle | 0 | 08/11/2010 |
| Never Let Them See You Cry | 3 | 08/11/2010 |
| Inside Cry | 1 | 08/10/2010 |
| Tears Of My Soul | 1 | 07/11/2010 |
| Friendship | 1 | 07/11/2010 |
| Thank You | 0 | 07/09/2010 |
| Fathers’ Love (Song) | 0 | 07/09/2010 |
| The World In A Dream | 1 | 07/09/2010 |
| Summer Ecstacy | 2 | 07/30/2009 |
| The Dance | 0 | 07/30/2009 |
| Lovers’ Tango | 0 | 07/30/2009 |
| Tranquility | 0 | 05/20/2009 |
| Naked Before You | 0 | 05/07/2009 |
| Most Precious Gift | 0 | 03/05/2009 |
| Lucas | 0 | 03/05/2009 |
| Logan | 0 | 03/05/2009 |
| Soul Soup | 0 | 06/30/2009 |
| Tears | 0 | 02/13/2009 |
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