Whilst researching candle liturgies, I came across a series of 'poems' by Katherine Hawker at www.liturgyoutside.net

Here's the one for the Candle of Hope

hope in the bleak midwinter

hope
like a seed
buried deep within the earth;
hidden
covered by layers,
disappointment, struggle, pain;
buried yet stretching,
growing and becoming.
hope
like a seed
becoming new life.
we light a candle for hope.