| Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:00 AM |


"A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."
James Keller
This is part of a community blogging activity called the Tarot Blog Hop!
More info about this activity HERE.
HOW CAN I BE A BETTER CANDLE?
I am the candle, I hold the flame
Thine heart feels dark, you say you hold shame
I'll light the wick through soft, gentle smiles
And waxy drop tears will echo our trials
When you are in dark, I'll shine the way
When you're overworked, I'll bring you play
The light that it gives, it shines heart to heart
When passed onto you, it's just a mere start
The glow it shall then reside brightly in you
Until you search the world, find a heart that's dark, too
To be the best candle, the light has to see
That it cannot stop here, it goes further than me
The light it must move, and its warmth it must share
And find its own way through the travel of prayer
For when the light moves, it can then become two
I've now made it grow, passed the torch here to you
Then you will find shadows, bright ways for your friend
The wick that lives on never fades nor will end
For released from the neck of a single wick donned
You'll find that it spreads, lights a thousand such wands
From my wick to yours and then from your wick to theirs
We all become part of the world's candle heirs.

At top, the Shadowscapes Tarot, Ace of Wands card.
At bottom, The Legacy of the Divine Tarot, Star card.
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Pull one card from your favorite tarot or oracle deck and ask:

How can I be a better candle?
Shine thy light and share thine flame,
Donnaleigh
This was part of a community blog project for January 2012.
The rules were: write a tarot blog with the title,
"How Can i Be a Better Candle?"
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Carolyn Cushing says...
Wonderful poetry to brigthen our Blog Hop!
Arwen says...
This was lovely, Donnaleigh. We lose nothing by lighting one another, do we. I love the Tarot community and how we can come together like this.
Arwen says...
This was lovely, Donnaleigh. We lose nothing by lighting one another, do we. I love the Tarot community and how we can come together like this.
Claire-Marie Le Normand says...
Thank you for your kind words, Donnaleigh. I liked this poem. I like poetry in that meter.

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