I Bought a Candle Because I Did Not Know What Else to Do

Love has infinite means of expression.

I spent $24.95 on a candle,

because I met you once and

loved your slender curving arms.

 

Your smile is as light

as your unbuttoned white shirt,

skin-thin, blowing open along

coastal California.

God, make me that cool silk.

 

Bourbon and tobacco

wafts, not from me, for once,

but from the candle.

Pairs well with Salinger, it says. 

 

And over all of this,

I hope you cannot smell how

sweetly nervous I am.

Reviews

[Ardra]

Sweet poem.... candle and love somehow goes along without saying.... I love candles...and just keep buying it without any reason :)

[C. James Snyder]

Thank you! I know what you mean... I always have one burning, especially when I write.

[Ardra]

Hehhe if I have to light candles before I write my words will fly away