I hold a unlit candle in a dark cave.
I am a temporary light giver........
I give candles to thous found lost in the darkness.
To those who are sad and lonely.
I sit alone in a cave,
Holding an unlit candle,
To give to a wandering lost, lonely soul.
I will light the candle and let them find their way out.
With my candle as their guide they can only get lost if they don't follow its bright flame.
When ever the candle burns out, all they need to is ask and I will come and relit it for them.
I will keep relighting their candle until they find the exit of this dark cave.
When they walk into the bright light at the mouth of the cave my candle vanishes from their hands and returns to its place by me.
Waiting for its chance to be used again.
One day, I saw a soul I would watch through the Pool of Reflection.
They were wandering in the dark cave
I loved watching them live, I watched them a lot through the Pool but not enough to know why they were wandering.
They didn't ask for help but I gave it anyway.
I held out my candle like I always did.
They accepted it and then I lit it.
But they didn't move.
I didn't want them lost; for I knew they didn't belong or deserve to be here, so I grabbed their hand softly and walked with them, through that dark cavern.
With only a candle as our light
We walked with me as the lead, holding their hand softly leading them through the dark cave. They held the candle tightly. We walked for what seemed like hours.
Then, we found the exit.
The light, I haven't seen it in a long time.
But the true light was warm and beautiful.
They let go of my hand, walking forward and turned to they and said,
"I have found the light, thank you."
They began to walk out of the cave and into the bright light.
I reached for them wanting to go with them.
But the darkness engulfed me.
And my light vanished from me.
While I was leading that now saved soul, a few souls are now forever lost.
This was why I wasn't allowed to move. If I move..... Souls can't find me, to ask for help.
So why did it hurt so much just to see one soul saved more then seeing many souls lost forever.
I decided to just do my job, and not get close to any soul again.
So I sat in the darkness repeating the same phrase over and over again.
"I am alone in a cave
Holding an unlit candle
To give to another sad wandering lost soul"
As tears flow down my cheeks.
"The temporary light giver, until you find the real light, and leave the darkness."
