candles
some things, we don't forget.
colour pencil sketch by dsnake1
candles
we lit candles
on birthdays
drank wine
kissed lips
night walks
star maps
now i bring wine
to your altar
trying to smile
wiping tears
telling you
how i am coping
as i light candles
on your anniversaries
written : 20/06/2015
expanded : 27/10/2020
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BAND-MAID - Endless Story
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2020
candles
we lit candles
on birthdays
drank wine
kissed lips
night walks
star maps
now i bring wine
to your altar
trying to smile
wiping tears
telling you
how i am coping
as i light candles
on your anniversaries
written : 20/06/2015
expanded : 27/10/2020
********************
BAND-MAID - Endless Story
© cheong lee san ( dsnake1 ) 2020
posted by dsnake1 at 10:22 PM
18 Comments:
That's beautiful. There's comfort in talking to our lost loved ones, whether we believe they hear us or not.
A love story communicated movingly in just a few lines.
Wishing you happy memories
Stay Safe
Much❤love
Me too! (for my wife that is!)
This is a beautiful tribute. The short lines are really effective, because live is short.
A poignant read. Well penned.
Oh that's such a sad poem Love how the candle continues to burn in your poem. Great picture
You're such a master of restraint! These simple words, full of so much unstated but fully conveyed emotion, made my eyes damp.
Lisa,
🙂
yes, we would like to believe that they are listening.
Rommy,
thank you!
the original was just four short lines. 😀
Gillena,
thank you! 😀
you stay safe too.
Robin,
i know you would.
Jenna,
thank you!
i like your take on the short lines, really a new angle of looking at the poem. 😃
Beverly,
thank you! 😀
Marja,
thank you!
glad you like the sketch. 😀
Rosemary,
thank you for the kind words!
i found an old haiku in the hard-drive during the lockdown, understood what i wrote that for, and recently revised it, and made a sketch for it as well from an old photo. 😄
Gave me a chill. So true.
I feel this one all the way to my bones. I understand (because I have lived it, too) every emotion inked into your poem. Remembrance can be perfectly bittersweet.
Colleen,
thank you! 😀
Magaly,
yes, it can be bittersweet. 🙁
A most beautiful poignant tribute that touched me so much emotion welled upped in my chest. (
Kind regards
Anna :o]
Thank you, Anna. :)
To light a candle - to have no bitterness - that is a virtue worth striving for.
Thank you, Margaret.
loved your comment : "To light a candle - to have no bitterness" :)
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