Exceptional Free Verse for the Fabulous Free Verse Club One Little Flame by damommy

The candleflame reaches out and flickers as I pass, casting strange shadows on the wall behind me. The tall mirror reflects the taper beside my chair, a taper struggling to live, grasping the small wick within as if that could sustain it forever. Too soon, opaque  drops of beeswax are all that’s left to show where it once stood. Recognized Author Notes This topic for this challenge was 'fire.'

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