
The melting bear candle
The candle I’m burning is from almost 7 years ago. It’s a bear dressed as a witch that I got in the month of October while working at Claire’s accessories. The bear’s head glows because his witch hat has pretty much melted away and the wick is right behind his eyes. You can see that the color of his face is a light tan as the candlelight flickers from behind his face. As the candle burns longer, the brighter his face gets. I wonder if the candle burns all the way down to his stomach, will his stomach also flicker with candle light behind it? The expression on his face isn’t that of a happy Halloween bear and his eyes look to my left, his right, as if he’s looking away from me, wondering why in the world I lit him on fire. I have the urge to turn him to where his eyes directly face mine, like if I make him look at me he’ll tell me how he really feels. I turn him and now he looks really angry and that makes me feel bad. The light is getting brighter as it burns and I really want to blow it out before I can’t see that expression on his face anymore. After I blow out the candle, the flickering light is gone and makes his eyes stop looking right, my left. He looks almost relieved. Maybe he’ll make it another 7 years.








