Light the World
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Platitudes sound like a broken bell
fall against our ears discordant
but how do we measure this
the quality of a life
burning through the wax
clinging to the wick
the liquid flame destroying in its light
into the bottom of the glass
knowing only
because we are observing
it is not our turn yet
yet who would douse the flame
well placed tears moving momentous
over this our mourning hour
what sum has been erased
burned to the quick as the last words
seal our prayers this time
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