Candlelit Love

Date Unknown

Today I realized

That we weren't meant for forever

A time will not come

To revive a flame

That so far has yet to burn out

I still hope that it never will

But our candle is not infinite

So I occupy my mind

With thoughts of how the end will come

Will I see it coming

Or will it wait until I look away

To engulf me?

That question is not one I can answer

Let me tell you what it means

To have something that cannot

Or rather, simply will not, last

It is a hollow agony

One that forces you to stare intently at it

And curl your fingers around its open flame

It is a dangerous, passionate thing

A wild, tender thing

Love is something not constructed to disappear

But sometimes love and fear

Or love and new love

Or love and bad timing

Gets in the way

It can be deterred

But not forever

This forces me to wonder

If forever even exists

If it is something I will ever know

What I do know

Is that Ive fallen for a flame

One that glows like the stars

And warms me as the sun warms others