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Poetry of Witness, Falastine - Prayers of a Candle

Prayers of a Candle

To burn you my candle
I've been waiting for years and years
And to have a spot of fire
I've dived in oceans of cheers, fears and tears.

Oh my candle
It's time to start burning
It's time to start turning
It's time to go back where you came from.

Burn my candle
And burn my desires
Burn up your wax
And put out my fires.

Burn up my candle
Put down my temple
Let out all these prayers I can't handle
I'm no more jailed in this tomb
It's time to fly back where I came from.

Burn up my candle
Explode the light stored in me
Let it shine through my every cell
Let my soul fly free.

Burn my candle and leave the evil
Don't think what you see around is true
Look inside, meditate a little
There lives the light that is you.