Rekindle Me

I feel like the candle flame As it's about to die... So... cold... I shrink in on myself, A used wick curling up Blackened and lifeless- Now suspended in A haze of my own smoke Like hallucinations, I suddenly recall How it felt to be warm- Face pressed against The fire in your chest, Roar of its beat in my ear; I tapped its rhythm On your collarbone With one finger, delighted At how fast, how erratically It sputters at my closeness; You laughed, Because you understood... Now I close my eyes, And with one finger, I Tap the rhythm of Your heartbeat On my collarbone- Maybe to recall How your fire sputtered for me Will keep me from guttering out Before you can return to me- Rekindle me- Again...