Candelabra

A tilted match may burn faster
But I’ll catch myself
Aflame
For the chance to light a candle
If that’s what it takes.

Because I couldn’t see in the dark
Before you arrived

And I couldn’t wash
Your aroma from my sheets

So even if you melt,
Encasing me in wax
While we hold each other,
We can at least savor this moment

For if our passion doesn’t keep us free,
Then let us freeze
Right here
Right now

Forever