Light the match
Against the side of my jeans
Let me see your face with
Darkness pouring around

I see how long this match is
Time breathes in seconds

I remember the eyes
Green like you’re excited to go on an adventure
Make note the smile
It feels like I have plenty matches inside me
I am burning from this slow radiant smile
Feel the hair across my arm
Breathing into my shoulder like you were
Transferring what oxygen you had left into me

The match is going out
You’ll vanish into darkness
I want to pour out that warm radiance you filled me with
Let it spew all over and ignite me
Burn fabric and flesh
Lighting the way for you
In this dark lonely dungeon
To me
I am a match
The sight of you struck me so quick
I sparkled for a moment
Then burned