CANDLE GOING OUT
When does someone, anyone,
get what a candle going out means?
Watch little kids around a birthday
cake when the candles are blown out.
One kid stops and stares at the smoke
rising towards the ceiling and forever.
The others just see the cake
and wish it was their birthday.
The one who wonders about the smoke is
the one who wonders about mystery forever.
© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019
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