A candle in the wind by Walid Abdallah

I am a candle in the wind

dancing happily,

I pretend I am always deep under pressure

Suffering from stress with no measure

In silence I always burn

How to survive I should learn

I always live to end others’ night

They think it’s my duty and their right

Nobody cares how I feel

Or cools my wounds that never heal

No dream in my life comes true

Because of winds that always blow

I burn for others’ happiness

I only get their carelessness

I don’t know for how long I should burn

For those who never care or concern

I gradually vanish for their sake

they squeeze my hear and break

I really can’t stand for long

To a place I never belong

I lost the love of my life as a whole

In a world with no substitute at all

She couldn’t stand in the wind with me

Left me in the storm and decided to flee

She took all the sense of life away

And left me in the wind lost and astray

I am half alive and half dead

I can’t bear what she just said

She left and took my heart with her

She never knew how much I care

We become strangers again

As she couldn’t bear the pain

I am a candle in the wind

Only sad sighs I can send

Walid Abdallah is an Egyptian poet and author. He is a visiting professor of English language and literature in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Germany and the USA, his poetry includes "Go Ye Moon", " Dream" and "My heart still beats" And has several translated poems which won prestigious prizes in the USA like "Cause", "Egypt's Grief", and "Strangers' Cross", his books include Shout of Silence, Escape to the Realm of Imagination, and Man Domination and Woman Emancipation.