candle, n.Definitions

The Candle is that which, when lit, time melts away.

A Candle is a little pet fire.

The Candle is that which, when lit for someone, illuminates God's face.

The Candle is a thing upon which beams of the huge night converge.

The Candle is now known more for scent than for their lighting capabilities.

A Candle lives on its own substance and dies when it devours itself.

The Candle aims its spark of light at heaven, like an artist who consumes himself to become divine.

A Candle is enough to light the world. Even at noon it glistens in essential dark and at night, it lights the fruit and wine, the book and bread, things as they are... .