The Emotive Votive

sits there flickering with immense fragrance, light dancing amongst the warmth of the “holidays”, be them pine to fill the room like a forest, be them apple & cinnamon to announce that fabulous fabulous Fall is here--- be them melon scents in the Spring/Summer or berries in Winter, whatever your liking, they simply coax a comfortable notion, a way to enhance a family affair & they also are there for Satanic cults, who want to create an ambiance for their sacrifices to the “devil”---their own personal imaginary friend to believe in--- they glow on the alters of churches, temples & mosques, all for the worship of a cavalcade of lies, delusions & imaginary friends of all shapes & sizes & let’s not forget the way they illuminate the lovemaking of the early morning when the candles paint the shadow portrait on the walls & the ceilings of two lovers rolling in the hay, let’s not forget the “fortune tellers” who use them to woo morons out of their hard earned dollars, flavoring the air round that precious crystal ball, in order to make it appear more than it is--- so many ways these little candles can echo our human impulses that it takes one back to those very first flames brought on by the friction of two stones or perhaps lightning striking, whatever the culprit be, the flickering votive accomplishes its goal.