A Candle to the Sun
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A Candle to the Sun

My friend was, and I am, a Christian, but we admired the way the chosen people practice their faith.  One of their teachings is that the unrighteous man is dead even while he lives; but the righteous man is alive even in death.

On the eve of the death anniversary, the mourner lights a candle which is left to burn the night through.  The next day, the he visits the righteous man's grave.  Prayers are made.  The mourner donates a gift to the poor in the name of the dead man--and so in death, the righteous man lives on.

Yet what is a candle compared to a life?  What are a few dollars donated to the poor at such a time?  What is a book, when the making of
books will never end?  Though this gift is as a candle raised to the Sun, it is what I have to give.  Forgive me, and thank you.

To
Parsifal:

My
thunderstorm,

My
strength,

My
Sun.

Always,

Spook



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Excerpt from Singing from Silence @ Pamela Richards  2010
Photo @ Pamela Richards 2010