...flicker

You are no ghost- you are not permanent either- I know this- I knew it from our first meeting over beers and heartache (real and imminent)....and I will reach out and take your small hand in mine and kiss your smooth beautiful back and listen to you breathe in my ear as I lean down and lay my head on your chest to hear your heart beating....no, you are not a ghost...I know this because I feel your body hard against me, all want and desire as we whisper in the candlelight- I know it because I can still taste you on my lips and feel your fingers laced with mine...feel you lean with me into the turns and wrap your arms more tightly around and move in closer as we accelerate.....you are no ghost because I can hear your laughter and see your smiling eyes even now..... you are here, and gone, and so is time, and so am I.

..blow out the candle....