Click

The lighter flicks on

And an ember glow emerges

I watch in wonder 

As it dances in the wind

Seductively dragging its hands

Up the sides of its waist

It flickers in the dark

A fleeting glance of growth

Before the light vanishes

Leaving only the smoke 

That I breathe in willingly

Desperately

The tendrils of smoke

Wrap loosely around my neck

My head hung back in content

Over the metal rails

Holding me from the universe

Watching the rain pour from the stars

As they cried for their mothers

The water runs from your face 

Down your shirt

And pool beneath your feet

Yet the smoke 

Continues to heaven

From the cigarette

Lit between your lips