Candles

Sometimes 
It is enough
To light a candle.

Even though 
It only flickers
The thought 
Lingers.

By the virgin
Beneath the cross
Would it could
Assuage the pain
Again and again

It still stands
In the darkness
Helpless
Selfless.

Someone
Must have
Put a shilling
In the box.

So I join my prayer
To all those
Silently 
Standing there.

JL April 3. 11:20