Sunday, 15 December 2024

and here you have it in black and white

 and here you have it in black and white


a candle that radiated darkness 

that dropped white soot on the altar 

of time before time came into being

when no light shone 

darkness flickered

the wind blew away the ash

that no one could see

for there was no one there


but who lit the candle 

was a cold question 

that asked who asked it

when there was no one there

for nothing existed

just the candle that radiated darkness

with no light to grade it by

no distance for the soot to fall

no colour to radiate that whiteness 


so the soot returned to the wick

the darkness returned to the darkness

time neither started nor stopped

the candle didn’t exist i tell you

but you do not exist

and neither do i 


the candle holder weeps


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