"the Candle Keeper: Candelabra"

Shuddering shivers

creep up 'cross my collarbone

as eye watch the feisty flame flicker,

trooping chills up my back.

It breaks, it cracks, and dances:

a golden swirly, slithering moonwalk

suspended in a

blood red pool

of glistening wax,

hosted by

an hourglass

of wishes well made.

-©2016 Jennifer Ayala

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