- Birch V. Baum
A Candle in Summertime
What, you ask, is the purpose
Of a candle at noon in summertime?
When Sol’s power sweeps across our globe
Flooding the world with his cosmic light?
What use is this tiny flame
Held to the sky
In a single hand
Small and frail?
This single candle lit
Against the blazing summer sun
Is still the same single candle
Lit against the winter night
On that night it was the world
A puny sphere yet precious all the same
Treasured for its brightness
Not judged for being small.
Cherish this candle inside you
And judge it not by the larger flames
For it too, is worthy
Of its place in the world.

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