As I am reaching 60 , I got to thinking. Doodling with words , this work is the result.;) :)


AS THE CANDLE BURNS DOWN

As the candle burns down

The wick flutters in the breeze

Made by my breath

The light from the candle

Creates shadows on the walls

Around the room I sit in

My mind searches through my

Memory of those I have met got

To know in the many ways I did

Some , nay the many now gone

One way or another gone no longer

In or a part of my life no more

I think of what I have done achieved

Or not achieved

Of what will be remembered of me

Will the positives be recalled

Or will it be the negatives

Of the two witch will be higher

In the two piles

Tis those I never met in the flesh

So to speck

Will remember the positives of me

It is they who will remember me and smile

Ken D Williams

The Dyslexic Wordsmith






Poetry by ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2013-01-26 at 23:35

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Even our so-called enemies only dislike the part of us that has somehow or another caused their disapproval. So many of the people who I've concluded simply don't like me, really hardly know me at all. I don't believe that all men are basically good. There's good and bad in all of us and what I'm convinced is good may not be so good for someone else.

The candle disintegrates as it burns down, but what about the sparkling light and dancing shadows it produces as it burns. They're a part of the whole.

William
2013-01-28


countryfog
Shakespeare had Marc Antony be rather cynical about it: "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones". I don't believe that . . . I have no doubt that we will leave behind far more family and friends than enemies, far more good memories than evil deeds. Just thinking of those of our family and friends who have departed before us proves the truth of that.
2013-01-27


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
I've no doubt that those you have met in the flesh also see your positives as outweighing your negatives. You can't always trust the shadows made by candles.
2013-01-27


karmic justice
I love how visual the first part was.. and how simple the flow of words were.. and yet so deep and real..
2013-01-27


shells
Candles can be so mesmerising, taking your thoughts on a journey and the older we get...... :)
2013-01-27


Leovinus
Is there something you're not telling us, Uncle Ken ? ;-)
2013-01-27



In the mood for introspection, aided by hindsight and peering ahead, anticipating the flicker of hope's faithful flame. Thank you for sharing.
2013-01-26