Lonely Tears By Candlelight (poem)

Another dream I held too tight

Has managed to slip out of sight

And so I spend another night

With lonely tears by candlelight

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Here was a kiss I’d come to know

Amid this world she came to grow

And as she did she brought a glow

To one who stared into a plight

With lonely tears by candlelight

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Each step I took she danced along

With every mood a special song

Amid such right what could go wrong

Those moments made we would prolong

We never had to share delight

With lonely tears by candlelight

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My shadow formed another stream

Another pool another dream

At first it earned your gracious gleam

Until I made it so supreme

And blessed it with a sacred team

As she hid somewhere out of sight

With lonely tears by candlelight

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And on I ranted day by bay

A child who had to get his way

She’s now a puppet for my play

Do every little thing I say

There in the mirror my dismay

Too late for she had gone away

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Another dream slipped out of sight

I should have learned to hold her right

And so I spend another night

With lonely tears by candlelight