Fandango asked for something to do with a candleabra (here) and the very notion of it seems to conjor childhood nightmares for me. There’s a bit of Boris Karloff about it, don’t you think? The Adams Family used to own a lot of candleabras I believe.
So maybe, in a certain light, the congealed wax gathered at the base might be confused with blood and dried tears ….
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Little notions flicker bright
Burning softly in the night
A candelabra by the bed
That’s shone through every book you’ve read
Lighting paths within your head
Igniting fears, a glowing dread
Collecting blood already bled
Drying tears already shed
With dawn amnesia comes again
A brief respite to quell the pain
Forgotten horrors in the night
Hidden from the candlelight
Not out of mind, just out of sight
A raven that has taken flight
Still lingering, that fading dream
The burning wax still makes you scream
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Richmond Road 
I freaking love that!
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Gasp! This is my anonymous alter ego!! 😮
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(WP is glitching again when people try to leave comments!) 😮
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I freaking love this!
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I always think of them as romantic☺️
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The word makes me think of “Phantom of the Opera.” Nice poem.
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I don’t know why this made me laugh. I enjoyed your poem.
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Thank you. Any response is a good response
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I can hear the rhythms in my head. The subject matter reminds me strongly of Edward Gorey, understated and funny but grim. (Grim, not Grimm)
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reminds me of Edward Gorey in a grim sort of way
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lol all said below … freakish and romantic, your ability to rhyme so well is a real talent pops!
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Thanks buddy!
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The bars in this poem pop out like lighting! I absolutely enjoyed this poetry. BTW, you have educated me, I never knew those things were called Candelabra’s 🙂 Spooky, as I read I felt like something was going to jump out at me lol – Nicely done Mr. Richmond ❤
“Lighting paths within your head
Igniting fears, a glowing dread
Collecting blood already bled
Drying tears already shed”
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“Hidden from the candlelight
Not out of mind, just out of sight
A raven that has taken flight”
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Gee thanks!
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