Flicker

I don’t know if you know this

But everyone has a flame in their eyes

It dances the same as a candle’s

Bright and dim and always flickering

For the wick inside us each differs

By person and by day

Stare into someone’s flame

And I’m sure you’ll say the same

All this to tell you now

I can feel mine flickering out

As I fight back the wind which came

And dwindled the brightness of my flame

There are moments I feel the embers

The pulsing proof of my strength

Dimmed by pain so low

it’s hard to tell if its still alight

Then I hear a kind word or funny joke

And the light returns to my surprise

It’s then I realize the fire hasn’t danced it’s last

No matter what it seemed

But still I spend more days in dim flicker

Wondering if

Than I do shining brightly

Not wondering at all