Dripped
flickering flames have burned down,
and my heart's melted as wax
silence resounds over the tiniest whispers--
peppermint words that teasingly please
and can quiet any nervous embers
so breathe across my insides and let them
freeze back together; form need not matter,
for it is but a shallow and indulgent amusement
my humble request is that you paint my candle to life once more