Poetry Jam
Light
a Candle
A new year,
a new light.
Today's candle uses yesterdays
wick.
Tomorrow will burn from
what you lit today
so
carry a 24/7 light in your
heart
Thoughts, words and steps
from
all the past today's
Help you light the candle
that you light
right now,
tonight
We can not change the past
I do not want to change
the past
I need it to support
the candle
in
my heart
I do like the idea that today's candle support's yesterday's wick....and also that the past supports the present candle in your heart.
ReplyDelete(The link you placed in Poetry Jam was incorrect. I fixed it for you this morning.)
thanks what did I do wrong? is it working now?
Deletetrue our past is important and all goes in to making our candle, i think the key is keeping the candle moving forward and not gettting stuck in the past...
ReplyDeletenot stuck at all it is just support for moving forward
Deletelet us all carry light in our hearts
ReplyDeleteBiblical or from a Girl Scout song, ether way " This little light of mine, I will let it shine....etc"
DeleteA good message. Our past can't be discounted but we must not live in it either.
ReplyDeletePast.. even if we did not like it then is support for what we do now. We learn from all things and then move ahead with light and joy !
Delete24/7 light is a nice thought.
ReplyDeleteProbably safer to have a low energy bulb than a candle :-) We are spoilt these days to have a choice. I wouldn't like to have to make do with a taper.
So right....the flicker adds to the warmth of the light
DeleteYou're welcome.....for fixing your link.
ReplyDeleteI do not know how I can do something right one time and wrong the next....but I do that with spelling so probably other things too. Very busy at my home now with grand kids here for a month so no time to think. Can I use that for an excuse?? LOL
DeleteHard to explain exactly what you did wrong. But you need to click on the exact poem...then copy and paste what you see in the browser line. I would not have been able to fix it had I not gone back to earlier poetry jam links that worked and gone into your blog and located the poem you wanted to use and switched the link. After you post your link,you might consider testing it yourself; as I know this has happened to you a time or two before.
DeleteI like the idea of always carrying the light in your heart. You are right about the past and present feeding the future.
ReplyDeletetoday's candle uses yesterdays wick...I like this idea!
ReplyDeleteThe center part "the wick" is what is with you from the beginning to the end so we use today what we counted on the days before to keep the light burning. The candle is a great "life example" when you think about it.
DeleteLike the rhythm and message of your poem. Happy new year.
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