Tonight I Lit a Candle

In memory of Joan Irvine

By Nichole Foster

Originally published in Youth Allied By CFIDS, Fall 1996


Tonight I lit a candle

in memory

in sadness

in anger

in hope

Tonight I lit a candle

in memory

of someone that I didn't even know

Tonight I lit a candle

in sadness

of a tragic (preventable?) death

Tonight I lit a candle

in anger

of the people who made her feel this way

Tonight I lit a candle

in hope

that SOMETHING good will come of it

Tonight I lit a candle

in tears

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