A Candle Loses Nothing... Poem by Jim Yerman

"A candle loses nothing when it lights another candle."
This is what she'd always say.
"What is a candle for? " she'd ask,
"if not to help to light one's way."

To me, she was like a candle…
always wiling to lend a helping hand…
to share her light with others…
to help brighten up the land.

I heard her say it often…
yet she never once explained…
It's not about what the candle loses…
it's about what the candle gains.

I do not know the exact number
of years she has been gone…
But she lit so many candles while alive
her light shines on…and on.

Perhaps the beauty of a candle…
lies in its ability to mystify…
for when it lights another candle
its light will never die.