Six Million Candles
Six million candles burning
maybe give or take a handful
and each one, casts a shadow brightly ..
Six million candles burning
scant few though
assigned an individual victim’s name ..
Six million candles burning
furnace hot and foundry bright
I say, let them burn both day and night ..
Six million candles burning
maybe give or take a handful
Let none of us forget the reasons why ..
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Author:
Neville (
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Each and every one of those candles should burn into our soul, our conscience, so that never ever should any such chrime against humanity be contemplated ever again.
Do we ever learn peace and brotherhood of peace?
... thank you for sharing the glimmer and seeing beyond the glow DA .. much & always appreciated my friend ...
Heart-wrenching the feelings that these lines evoke Nev - each individual giving up life for a cause that should have brought peace - may those candles burn on forever each inscribed this time with a much missed name.........x
I feel much the same way Fay .. thanks for stopping by my friend .... N ... x
Once more, a great piece, Neville. Another topic I cannot deal with anymore (as if I ever could).
But I have no confidence that it could never happen again…..
.. Me neither .. thanks though in the interim.. N
Amen!
(made me stop, and contemplate
not only the six million
but the millions from before
and the inevitable Billions - to come
with a heavy lump, in my throat
I squeeze out, a next breath
and taste
a reminder of what a gift, it is
to be alive)
thank you, my friend
Cheers L.B.M and bloomin truly sir .. N
Very sombre my friend. But we haven't learnt.
............ I am forced to agree ... thanks SC .................... N
A poignant write N.
You spot the 'Like' button. We can't cheat on it like before (or on another site). We could keep 'liking' our own poems then, and the total went up! heehee.
... Thanks for popping in sir ... Yes noticed the new button .. but shame on you Mr. O you rascal, cheating is for cheats 🙂
So sad that man has not and will ever learn the value of life. Well penned N.
................................. Thank you AP ... Yes tis very sad indeed my friend ... N
Neville,
After all the suffering throughout our history, there’s still so much hatred going on. Will we ever learn?
You’ve poignantly penned a subject matter that boggles my mind; a necessary reminder of how inhuman humans can be for their own pervasive pleasures.
Laura🌻
Thank you for commenting on this latest post Laura .. the subject in question is one of those I have felt compelled to bang my drum about for as long as I can remember ... N 🌻
Good write, Neville.
.................................................... Cheers JR 🙂
We must never forget, powerful words Neville.
Andy
... we must absolutely not .. thank you Andy
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