My Candle



CARRY ON TUESDAY

http://carryontuesdayprompt.blogspot.com/

asks us to use the words from Edna St Vincent...

'My candle burns at both ends'

MY CANDLE

My lantern is old and rusty,

Yet the flame within burns bright.

The candle gives a glorious glow

That lights the on-coming night.

There was a time, so long ago,

When both lantern and flame were pristine,

But now the lantern's decrepit

And it's lost its early sheen.

Yet still the flame keeps burning,

As, till life ends, it must,

When, at last, the light goes out,

And the lantern crumbles to dust.

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IN MY OPINION!

I'd love to be an expert and know what it's all about!

I'd love to voice opinions, without a hint of doubt!

I'd love to publish books about the wherefores and the whys,

Books that people talk about and everybody buys.

I see that Maxine has her doubts about the books on slimming!

And authors who present themselves as not requiring trimming.

I'd like to think they're lithe and tanned and fitter than the fleas,

Because they keep away from chocolate, pink icecream and cheese!

But I've a strong suspicion that they're merely slobs like me,

Many kilos overweight, many more than two or three.

And what about the types who teach interior decoration,

Who give advice on decor right across a shabby nation?

I bet they're using an old chair that turned-up at the dump,

Merely because it's comfortable when the time has come to slump!

Then there are weather experts, surprised by the raging blizzards!

But, the ones that really take the cake are the Financial Wizards!

The knew it all! They wrote it all! The jungle drums were drumming!

But when it came to a CRISIS they none of them saw it coming!

Dear old sceptical Maxine! You've got it right again!

Don't believe the experts! Just be prepared for rain!

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P.S. I'm not really overweight!