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pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27

Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa

0 posted 2001-06-29 04:43 PM

When the night is dark and dreary,
and the light seems lost forever,
from a cold and grey etched sun;

there’s a candle in the window,
to lead you safely home again.

When the outside world abuses,
in a callous, spiteful way,
serving pain with cruel precision;

there’s a candle in the window,
to sooth your troubled soul.

When your battered body staggers,
from a cross too hard to bear,
and you fall in breathless agony;

there’s a candle in the window,
to heal your raw and open wounds.

It burns for you in darkness,
in the midst of your searing pain,
it burns in constant saving light;

this single candle in the window,
that leads you safely home.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

1 posted 2001-06-29 04:51 PM

Yes a true home always has a light burning for the lost and straying one. Nice poem. Joyce

Trillium

Member Patricius

since 2001-03-09

Posts 12098
Idaho, USA

2 posted 2001-06-29 07:19 PM

I enjoyed your poem and it's true that a light in a window reflects hope and cheerfulness to those passing by.

Betty Lou Hebert

Red_Feather
Member

since 2001-01-19

Posts 131
The Vagabond Sea

3 posted 2001-07-01 09:03 AM

Excellent poem pegasus, where can I get one of these candles????

One's not half two it's two are halves of one EE Cummings

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 2001-07-08 07:59 AM

This certainly leaves the light on for those who have lost their way...

well done!

Munda
Member Elite

since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

5 posted 2001-07-09 05:23 PM

Every time I finish reading one of your poems I'm not only amazed by the beauty of the words, but also by the beauty of the message.

Moon Dust

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since 1999-06-11

Posts 2177
Skelmersdale, UK

6 posted 2001-07-09 08:08 PM

Ah home, this is nicely done

Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning.

Inanothertime
Member

since 2001-06-29

Posts 72

7 posted 2001-07-11 08:26 AM

very warm & wooly, comfort is so rewarding to give, and always so well recieved! much better than very nice, pegasus!

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