See, what I'm trying to piece together is a puzzle you knew all along— you're probably not the missing piece, but I'm almost positive you caught sight of the image I was aiming to create and you shared with me a little bit of what I was missing, nonetheless.
And I think it's incredibly amusing that when a new flame burns out, bringing everything with it to ash, the universe does you a favour and lights an old candle to get rid of the scent.