Add Oil – The Light Burns Dim Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

Add oil - the light burns dim
This night of humid heat
And leaden-eyed dreariness
And throbbing unhappiness
In the red blooded heart!

Add oil - the light burns dim
Never so low
The light of hope has burned.

And before now I see
High on an altar full prepared
The chalice of bitter wine I have to drink.

The light burns dim - it flickers
On the wall its startling shadows dance
And the heart sinks with hope
This night of sacrifice
And dreariness leaden-eyed
And throbbing unhappiness
In the red blooded heart!

The burning embers go; the smoke goes up.