Candles

adventurine

i like to watch tv in the dark with nothing but a candle for soft, flickering light and the soft smell of fresh linen

i like to open my windows which were shut for so many years but now i want them open

i want them to flood my room with sunshine

i want my room filled with poetry and succulents and cds and i want to light a candle just to set the scene

it's an innocent thing

my candles are an innocent thing

yes you're right, i'm a liar

i'm not to be trusted

i'm the worst of the worst

you should hate me with everything you've got

but my candles were never meant to hide secrets

you never knew who i was

so you don't know how much i've changed

and you won't believe anything i say

but i just love candles the same way i love lavender and piano and dresses

the same way i love mario kart and reading and retail

it's innocent

i'm innocent

and im sorry

i guess you never saw the beauty of my candles

or any of things you stole from me

i'll just keep hoping that one day, you'll stop fighting me

i stopped fighting you a long time ago.

  • Author: adventurine (Offline Offline)
  • Published: November 11th, 2021 19:03
  • Comment from author about the poem: dad thinks i use candles to cover up the smell of the ILLEGAL DRUGS he is convinced i do in my bedroom. he is very wrong but doesn't listen to me.
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 10
  • User favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek.
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Comments1

  • L. B. Mek

    'you never knew who i was
    so you don't, know
    how much i've changed'..
    if you're developing this much self awareness and self culpability
    at such, a seemingly youthful age
    all I can do is applaud your dedication to introspection fuelled self-worth;
    and your fight, to find the light
    in your chosen path of life..
    keep expressing,
    keep believing in tomorrow's blank slate of hope,
    keep trusting yourself
    to excavate your answers from within!
    I wish you all the best, dear poet
    thank you! for choosing to share

    • adventurine

      thank you for your kind words! i am choosing to learn day by day and do what i can to better myself- i have definitely made mistakes. and thank you for reminding me to remain faithful to myself, my hopes, and my art. i didn't think anyone would read this, so i barely edited the poem and found a lot of little mistakes while rereading- sorry about that!



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