You Are The Candle

It was one day,
One completely ordinary day in your life.
But to me it was everything.
It was the smile of a friend.
It was a comforting word.
It was a new student’s first hope.

My first hope that somehow I was not alone,
That somehow I would make it through.
I was past the point of expecting you.
And somehow you knew.
You saw through the smile I painted on,
And that day it became real.

In the life of a child, scars dig deep.
The scars of a broken home were mine;
The scars of leaving everything I had ever known.
Behind me was everything I could predict.
Its shadow filled my dreams and blinded my eyes,
Yet you lifted the curtain and shared this world with me.

I knew then what you would mean to me forever.
And still to this day I remember the day,
The day you walked by with a friendly smile.
I remember it because you changed me,
You lit the world and pushed away the clouds.
You are the candle that gave me light.