One Hand for Two Candles

Move the shelter. Wind eats the exposed flame; safety slowly starves the covered one. Keep both until dawn.

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night waits

stillthe room has one breath

left flame

right flame

A forty-eight second vigil

Two flames.
One shelter.

The forecast tells you where the wind will lean. Covering saves a flame from the gust, but a candle held too close beneath the roof cannot breathe.