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A Tiny Candle

Story ID:3928
Written by:JANET KESSLER POLUDNIAK
Organization:JUST ME
Story type:Poem
Location:Lansing NY USA
Year:2004
Person:I love comparing spiritual truths to physical and/or natural things.
A Tiny Candle
"Neither do men light a candle,
and put it under a bushel,
but on a candlestick;
and it giveth light unto all
that are in the house."

Matthew 5:16


A Tiny Candle
©2004, Janet K. Poludniak

A tiny candle
in a brightened space
is hardly seen
when it takes its place.

If the other lights
should choose to go,
then the one remaining
shares a pleasant glow.

But if all the little
lights depart,
the comparative darkness
can darken a heart.

Now a tiny candle,
burning bright,
conquers darkness
with its light . . .

and everybody
turns to see
from whence the light
has come to be.

So if you're in
a cold, dark space,
just shine brightly!
You'll light the place.
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