One Candle

by Serena Mossgraves

is it too much 
to light a single candle, 
to illuminate the world  
one small light at a time? 

One Candle to fight the darkness,  
one Candle to push the dreary away. 
I am not trying to rid the world 
of all the darkness, 
That is too much for me to try, 
I just want to push some light  
into the world so that I might see. 
One Candle is enough for me.