the candle I light for you

this candle is not
from a barely known friend

it is not from a son to his father

but from the father for his son
to light the home of darkness
wherein the son was left behind

and in this gesture ...
let me act but once
in his stead


March of 2006
for a friend and his father.

Reposted for John Carlo Rojo

Original posting
3/28/06
10:27 AM