Proper colors for a spell
Make them work extremely well.
This list will make your magic strong
So study carefully and long
The candle colors listed here
And all your spells will bring you cheer!
For lustful love and hot desire,
Use a candle red as fire.
If tranquil peace you now pursue,
Burn a bit of palest blue.
For protection, you may use the same;
Likewise, if your health is lame.
Pink for harmony and love
And perfect union from above.
If to attract is your intent,
Orange is what the heavens sent!
If your hold on things, in time, goes sour
Use purple to regain your power.
To increase your bank account,
Light green candles ’round about.
To ground yourself and make it stick.
Brown candles always do the trick!
To organize, use deepest blue,
For stress relief, a lavender hue.
Use teal for balance, peach for friends
Black puts bad habits at an end.
Use white if you must substitute;
It contains all the hues of color suit.
If you burn white instead, it’s true,
You must concentrate on proper hue.
Use these wisely. Learn them well
For each and every time you spell,
You weave a dream that you create
Into a realistic state.

She dances and she flickers
She taunts me and she laughs
She disappears and shrinks and morphs
And I always by her, pass

She says that I’m the shadow
That I’m the one who follows her
I’m the one that shrinks and grows
And I away when it gets blur

I tell her that she’s wrong
That I’m the one who’s real and strong
And yet the whole day long
I listen to her tired song

And I begin to wonder
Why am I so real?
Is the only prerequisite of life
The ability to feel?

And so I begin to wonder
As the lantern light grows there
Am I the owner of this life?
Or does that fall to her?

(The Shadow by Shana Armstrong)

The artist is wondering “why?”
The hand is writting “why”
I wonder what the artist was thinking about
is this a philosofical “why” or an historical one?