The Candle

The other night, I was sorting out my pile of old stuffs when I found this  piece of paper in one of my old dust-ladened  Chemistry textbook. It was the poem which I wrote back in college which fetched me first prize in an ON-THE-SPOT poetry writing competition. Here goes...     

The candle in the dark

Lighting up glooms amid the darkest hour

A beacon upon the clear sky

Shines it’s path for many to see

Many would lurge, stumble and fall

If not for the light of thee

Twas in this light that we see

The shadows that obscure our path

The Holy words of God

The knowledge of being saved on the cross

This is what the candle means to me

To lighten my life forever more

This is my ultimate goal

This is what I’m striving for

To light the candle high on the hill

And shine for all others to see

Tho’ down here below the candle melts

Here in my heart will it keep

Until the day  the Saviour returns

And take me home forever more

P.S -  Reading it again, I realised I have used a lot of clichés ( I hate cliches) but anyways I’m not a poet and I hardly ever write poems so I guess its ok. Moreover, this was an on-the-spot competition and we were given just 30 minutes time. Just posting it here because I felt a bit nostalgic, and, yes, the words really mean a lot to me.