JUST A CANDLE'S AURA

                                  [PHOTO SOURCE: GOOGLE online images - flames]

(I wrote this, 15 Jul 2011, thinking about how bright the Future's venue from my youth's portal.  The visions of hope from my girlhood, were tarnished and faded by the reality of Life with all its challenges, disappointments, and distractions.  Now, in the winter years, the bright aura of my youth does not burn as blue a hue. dht-2011)

The brilliant Aura of Youth –

now harnessed by Life's Distractions

and Time's Passage –

fades until No More.

The Ending of the Day --  

has mellowed to a fine Hue –

the sharpness of a stormy Passage.

There's a momentary madness

burning high in Youth's Abode –

Now extinguished in Elder Days

of unrealized Wishes, Hopes, and Dreams.

The moment –

Nothing more remains –

Just A Candle's Aura !

[Dorothy Hazel Tarr - 2011]