I think I have to light those shy candles
And watch it shatter the fragile darkness in me

Do you love me?
Dangles afor you
Like a dead man hung under the sun
Pluck those lighted candles they say
Pluck them like fruits and toss them to hell

We are all going to hell
For the love we never gave
I think of those tears I never shed
Or the words I hid in my hideous pocket
Put off the candle I say for I am ashamed of the pitiless gaze of light

We crack the day open with a smile
Yet our hopes are smashed like shit
When we see the rot in it

Still my candle light remains on
Flickering though
I am ashamed to pluck her from the sun
Shine oh shine
Against the shameless gaze of life
© Arinze