ABSENT FLAME

A fire cannot burn

If it was never there to start.

One cannot look at a candle

And simply command it to burn

When it's wick

Experiences not a spark.

How can you know

That the candle even exists

If you never felt it burn

Or saw its light?

Is the candle's existence a lie?

No.

You just have yet to feel its fire

Which is evidence of its powerful existence

Inside YOU.