by Natilee Stobaugh

Created on: August 14, 2011

Reach for the stars,

They swore I wouldn't fall.

But I plummeted to Earth,

Their words not true at all.

Where I landed,

I cannot see.

Just one lone candle,

Such maddening company!

Dancing in the distance,

A silent light.

Mocking and laughing,

At this pitiful sight!

How was I to know,

That they only told lies?

Now my candle,

My hope,

Shall be denied?!

There it flickers,

So close yet far.

I see the light,

While trapped in the dark.

Silent screams,

I realize at last,

That this greedy beast's reach,

Far exceeds my humble grasp.

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