~~~
The candle flame flickers
And life falters
Until it steadies
And the balance alters.
~~~
They cannot exist jointly,
The flame and the breeze,
Live in harmony,
Or, indeed, be at ease.
~~~
One must give way to the other,
The sturdier leads the frailer,
A law of life since time arose,
The stronger rules the weaker.
~~~
©DGA 02 September 2011 10:38
Adeeyoyo's Blog 
02/09/2011 at 10:50 am
That’s life… as sure as sure can be
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02/09/2011 at 11:00 am
Thanks Patrecia. 🙂
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02/09/2011 at 11:22 am
And yet it is said that the meek will inherit the earth? Nice one adee 🙂
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02/09/2011 at 12:52 pm
That’s just what I wonder about, Cindy. Thank you…
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02/09/2011 at 5:08 pm
The candle flame is a great metaphor for the human life, but not the human soul. When all the candles have gone out, and none are left to relight them, the breeze blows on.
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02/09/2011 at 6:27 pm
Yes, life has been extinguished, but the soul has returned to its home… Thanks, Mike.
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02/09/2011 at 9:01 pm
how true, Denise.
But the definition of weakness has to be studied before the truth becomes apparent!
Nice poem.
John – in a hotel on my way home!
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03/09/2011 at 5:57 am
You’ve hit the nail on the head, John. Peacefulness does not equal weakness just as strength does not equal forcefulness… So therefore it is true that the meek will inherit the earth (taking ‘meek’ as meaning ‘peaceful’). Glad you liked it.
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02/09/2011 at 11:13 pm
A huge amount to think about there. Denise…I’ll be sleeping on that….
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03/09/2011 at 5:58 am
Have a good night, Kate. See you on the morrow!
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03/09/2011 at 12:12 am
What a perfect metaphor, and I enjoyed the rhythm in this, Adeeyoyo
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03/09/2011 at 5:59 am
Thank you so much Bb! 😀
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03/09/2011 at 4:46 am
Lovely flow . . . 😀
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03/09/2011 at 6:01 am
Thanks, Nancy. 🙂 Have a great weekend.
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03/09/2011 at 7:12 am
Terrific poem adeeyoyo – the tension that is life 🙂
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03/09/2011 at 8:29 am
Thanks Gabrielle. This is just my interpretation… 😀
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04/09/2011 at 4:36 am
nice…can they coexist…i wonder perhaps if that is not the tension we now face as a nation….
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04/09/2011 at 6:25 am
These are very interesting, and scary, times Brian. I keep feeling that there is something big just around the corner…
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04/09/2011 at 6:26 pm
Denise, I had an e-mail about new day.
I can’t find the poem on your blog page.
And I can’t open the comments page this time..
Something is different this time.
John
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05/09/2011 at 5:34 am
Hi John, I trashed it because I wasn’t happy with it, but will work on it and re-post it. Sorry, Denise
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07/09/2011 at 1:43 pm
Excellent. Such is life. Very well said.
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08/09/2011 at 9:29 am
Yes, if we could only understand a bit more… Thank you so much Selma. 🙂
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09/10/2011 at 4:27 pm
Wonderfully, light and breezy …I immediately saw the little flame dancing …and Elton John’s, Candle in the Wind started playing in my head…
Here it is with a tribute to lady princes Diana
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09/10/2011 at 6:55 pm
Nice, Paul, thanks!
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10/10/2011 at 1:26 am
lol, I thought it would just show a “Link” Oh well, you can edit it out if it’s too much…
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10/10/2011 at 7:36 am
I don’t think anyone can mention ‘candle… wind… flame’ without thinking of Diana and, of course, Elton John. Lovely music, but very sad. Thanks, Paul, good of you to remind us.
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