I Lit a Candle for You

I lit a candle
for you.

In the darkness, the light flickered and reminded me
of the way you used to sing to me,
your voice tickling my eardrum as my face
s
  t
    u
      c
        k
            to the screen of my phone,

the soft twang of your voice
plucking like the strings of a guitar,
you were my muse.

I lit a candle for
you.

The heat in the air was like the heat in your gaze
when your eyes met mine
and we lost track of time
because we had wandered deep into the misty wilderness of love.

I lit
a candle for you.

With tears streaming down my face, I carefully flicked the lighter again and again
until the wick finally lit up like the passions we have
forgotten.

I lit a candle.

but it wasn't for you.
It was for your memory.