Elegy For My Candle

Elegy For My Candle by Odin Roark How regal your stature has been Your stalwart frame Ever remaining at the ready Patiently waiting to live out Your inner tether Your heart’s offering To a romantic’s touch You’ve served me well Been carried to cabin Backpacked to basecamp Returned with me To nestle beside my hand Pen Paper Our home Yes You’ve succumbed to gravity Like this aging body of mine Both aware time melts away Having given space to breathe For being my breath of luminance For embracing the flame For sacrifice For selfless giving Even now in your final hours For that I thank you Without your lighthouse guidance My journey’s dreams Might have been lost to murky despair How giving you’ve been Allowing your body to dwindle By flame’s consuming needs And now… The end must be painful Your warm tears pooling Their final remembrance As our room becomes dim So comforting to know The offspring of your light Will remain fixed Ink upon paper Word upon word Pain upon pain Joy upon joy Can you stay just…