Matchless

You asked if I had a light,

I struck a match (my last)

 

Watched as it sparked,

began to glow

then ignited in flame

Yellow and white

with a hint of blue

 

Lit your cigarette

and those of your two friends

 

Then stared as it

slowly burned

down the cardboard shaft

until I could feel its heat

on my finger tips

 

Still I gazed

at the beauty

of the flame

till I could

stand it no more,

shook it and the flame was gone

and so were you

 

Nothing remained but a thin

swirling line of smoke

lazily ascending

to the sky

 

Three on a match

is supposed to be bad luck -

 

so what else is new

Reviews

[Vidya Bacchus]

Will maybe you should quit smoking lol.Always your words are pure poetry to me ;-)

[willweb]

Thank you so much Vidya for your nice words again for me. I am happy when you come by.

[Vidya Bacchus]

You are welcome .I love to read your work :)

[Einstein Noodle]

have done the same thing ..when i use to smoke .. holding the match to just before a blister .. i smile at the wry sense of humor and justice (as it were) .. assuming the bad luck followed the three with their smoke .. enjoyed reading .. nice job!
E.

[willweb]

Thank you so much E. I hadn't thought about the bad luck following them. Now I like this even better.

[Einstein Noodle]

:) funny how that goes eh!? as a teen in the early 60's there were a few motorcycles i followed and thought were cool besides the HD .. Matchless was one of them .. triggered some memories ..
E.

[willweb]

Not familiar with that bike, but happy it brought some fun memories back to you.

[Matching Socks]

Ok, here's your daily smile. >>>>>>>>>. : D
Now that we've got that out of the way.
Quit smoking you stupid idiot! Years off your life...
Plus!!!! No one likes kissing a smoker.

[willweb]

I had no choice but to look over at your avatar as I read your comments, or is that a lolipop? :) Thank you for the daily smile and you can smile too, I don't smoke. What about kissing a drinker? Thank you Ana, I am happy you came by today.

[Matching Socks]

Oh, that's a candy stick. :)

[Cryingkate]

You played withfire and gave it all you had, Though you knew better and would be burned you held on till the flames scorched, then suffered the agony as you watched it all go in a puff of smoke as you knew it would.

But............ the real story is why did you do it?
You wanted to feel the scorching burn. For some sadistic reason you wanted to feel the love once again but with the distance of some kinda safe place...like the knowing of how it would end is safe.

What would of happened if you didn't get burned? Would you of lost your interest?

Hmm.... to go thru the pains of one sided love, just for the sake of going thru the emotions but never really wanting what you can get or have... Play it safe and go for what is beyond your reach???????

Hmm.. Well thats my thoughts from reading this..

[willweb]

Cryingkate, thank you for your nice comments today. Do we ever really know why we do things that have something to do with our hearts and emotions? I don't.

[Cryingkate]

Can't say I know either.... Funny reading what I wrote last night. The feelings behind were so strong then.
I wonder who was I really picking up those thoughts from? You or Me? But I always get what I want so hmmmm......But then I get bored easily too..... I think I truly do love the game...

It's never about what I want it's the fun getting it..... But theres a new game play now when I play get what I want... now I want them all :-)

[Lyn Anderson]

Hmm, wasn't aware of that particular superstition. Makes me think of writing a piece on superstition. :) I liked this, but you seem a little blue, at least in your writing. Anything I can do to cheer you up?

[willweb]

I don't know, got a match? :0 Thank you so much KLGoode for your review and your concern. I am fine, just a bad patch right now. Besides, your visit today has cheered me up quite nice.