This Candle Poem by RIC BASTASA

there is this candle in my heart
and it is burning
like my yearning
that is empty and wanting
to be filled
like a basin wanting
to have water
from the rain

there is this void
that can not be filled
there is this mouth
that speaks about
my beloved

i like this candle
i like this fire
and see, i am burning with
desire
i like too the rain
that falls on my basin
see
i am a candle burning
with desire
swimming on the water
never dead
never quenched
never stopping

see, you are with me
never sleeping
wanting some more
see, we are dreaming
we are alive

we are these candles
burning
turning into a wildfire.