in darkness
a flicker seen
hope fills the heart
A lit lamp flickering in the wind has always attracted me though I am not a very religious person and my better half has to force me to accompany her to temples or even to light up the lamp at home sometimes. Maybe it’s the vision it conveys of a lone fire fighting against the wind or the fire that burns within everyone to stand for what they feel is right. Many of them hardly realize or feel that fire but its there. I define that as conditional love for humanity.
(count : 100 words)
Exif – 1/200. f/5/6 ISO 800
Written for the A to Z 2014 Challenge for L. Also part of April UBC and 100 words prompt on Writetribe. For more memes click here
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Color of the fire in the dark background-everyone to stand against what they feel is right….well written as well.
When we offer Arathi to our Guru, he tells us that what we are doing is ‘burning the evil within and lighting the love in our hearts’. I like your interpretation too, of the lone fighter.
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loved your interpretation,I am also participating in A to Z challenge and AprilUBC,
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beautiful! thought provoking…
L for loved-Random Thoughts Naba
Warm, enchanting flame of light. Beautiful photo.
Beautiful photo of the flame. Captivating words and picture. ♥
I like your haiku, and the one yesterday.
Lighting the light within, the fire within… captivating picture!
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Wow!!! Diya is a lovely sight to see!
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Smile, it makes (y)our day!
The words and the flame – breathtaking!
The click is great as ever Pheno but your words have touched my heart! Superb!
Beautiful pic and the words are quite lovely too. Love the thought of the flickering yet fighting flame 🙂
thnx
Lovely poem and thoughts. btw, I think you meant ‘for’ and not ‘against’ in your post.
well caught and yes I did mean for 🙂
this is beautiful 🙂 I loved watching lamp flickering in the wind too and then I bet whether it will keep lighting or not
it can have a hypnotic effect
There’s something about a flickering light that lulls you, somehow. As you say, a hypnotic effect. 🙂
Such an amazing capture and the words go perfectly with the image 🙂
Love how you have caught the flame bending over
Mollyxxx
Loved the pic 🙂 Beautifully captured
Picture and the content are complimentary to each other. Nice!
Watching a flickering light is a very mindful task. Lovely picture…