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[aid] => mick
[title] => Burning Out (Like Candles and Cherubim)
[time] => 2010-06-04 15:53:49
[hometext] => I wasn't sure what section to put this in but I decided on religious because it's basically about the struggle I've had with my faith since my great-uncle took a stroke on the day of my Confirmation (also his birthday). I hope that explains it a bit.
[bodytext] => I burn a candle and watch the ribbon of smoke Twist and coil higher and higher until It's nothing. The smell still lingers though; Much like how you still linger. Grim's bony hand is hauling your soul into Eternity and yet you claw at life, Refusing to leave. What keeps you here? I always thought you'd be glad to go. When I was a child I often caught you Looking at the gold-leaf icons With that soft gaze reserved only for them. I recall those autumn days spent propping Pictures of saints against a glowing tealight And waiting until the wick shrivelled up and The flames died in our eyes. Then came the long trek to the chapel That smelled like oak and incense. Twenty pence through the slot in the wall Is the price of light here But God forbid Granny and Granda Don't have electricity for their house in heaven. To the pews as the organ hums to life. I know I should be praying But instead I'm trying to catch a glimpse of the Tiny angels that live in those brass pipes. I never did find them. And when the blood clotted in your brain No cherub sat on your shoulder nor Did a saint caress your face as it sagged and numbed. That's why you don't want to go. Because when you crashed to the sterile tiles All you saw Was the bathroom bulb Drowning In black. [comments] => 2 [counter] => 154 [topic] => 11 [informant] => xXInkInMyVeinsXx [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 15 [ratings] => 3 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => ChristianPoetry )
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