One small white candle (Penny Hackett-Evans)

For friends who have challenges 

I write to say
I am sending you light.
Tiny light –
One match struck.
The first spark
for your dry kindling.
Or maybe a pinprick
of starlight coming from
millions of miles and years
just into your dark room.
Or maybe one small white candle,
warm wax dripping into the cold. 

Or the light of one glow worm 

making a hazy green mysterious spot. 

Not to overwhelm this darkness 

where you shelter. But only 

to remind you 

that you are accompanied 

there by the softest hope. 

--Penny Hackett-Evans 

Image source 1: OLMC Easter Vigil, Holy Week 2025, https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1116337687198311&type=3 
Image source 2: OLMC's "Chosen" meeting during Advent 2025, photographer D. Gutierrez,  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1328667322632012&set=pb.100064662700877.-2207520000
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