Candlelit Heart

• Gemma Duddridge, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2007

At Christmas time, I stand watching the snow
fall
Thinking about you and feeling nothing at all
I wish you were here, my world's gone black
I try to keep up hope, but I know you won't be
back
I tried not to cry, when you went away
But my tears have fallen with each passing day
I've been missing you, since we've been apart
It's hard to move on and the candle's fading in
my heart
When you went away I thought that I would die
But I'm still young, still learning to fly
I'm getting over you slowly, putting my pain
behind me
I'm moving on, trying to be someone I thought I'd never be.
I used to love you, I used to care,
Sometimes I miss the love, that we used to
share.
I'm going to begin again at the very start,
I'll find a new love, and light the candle in my heart.