Alison Mary Dunn - Candle

I am a candle
Burning bright
Beneath lovers lips
Blown out at night

I’m stored away
While love goes home
Like prisoners, we
remain alone

I used to be so tall
But now I am quite small
My dreams once lit up buildings
Yet some nights they barely crawl

My flame flickers faster now
As I’m kept crying at our door
And soon I know the night will come
When I shall burn

no more

Alison Mary Dunn

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