night lantern

frozen in time , my shadow moves with my flickering light
diminished through the years of solitude and wait.
the night lantern keeps giving me hope
a hope i longed to find in so many i loved.

clinging to each of them, i cried , 'relieve me of this pain'
scared , biwildred faces was all i saw in response,
hands desparately trying to detach me from them
to shake of the liability they had, to flee

when they fled my side , abandoning my heart forever
i was cold and barren , but thats so predictable
pity my condition fori had no one to love
no one to call my own, no one to support me

everynight i would look into my lantern ,shining bright
in strom and struggle,i would watch the flame diminishing
and flaring up in the wind ,days , weeks and months passed,
with the hot summer days and windless warm nights
my lantern shone brighter,i had waited patiently for days now

not a word i heard from them,rainy and hail,autumn mornings ,
not a sight , or a voice i heard seasons passed and years ,
a decade i still wait ,i do
but nothing is void anymore,

my garden has bloomed fresh flowers ,the harvest is over
there is enough oil to light several lanterns
yet when i look at the one lantern through the mirror every night
i know its glow shall always be golden and bright