A candle
Flickering in the night
Triumphant over darkness
Burning without fright
Until dawn
When sunlight creeps in slowly
Rays engulfing the landscape
Casting light upon the lowly
Shadows
Can mask the truth and beguile
But in brightness eventually fade
Exposing what was hidden in denial
Daylight
Through which all truth is revealed
Overpowering the candlelight
And all deception must now yield
J. N. Ross Poetry 