People tend to take the time they have for granted and don’t realize they don’t have a lot until they actually don’t have time left. In this poem, the candle represents time and when the poem is talking about how when the candle is almost empty, a realization that you need another match occurs. Similarly, when you realize that time is limited and you should not waste it, you realize that there are so many more things you could’ve done and not have taken that time for granted. The time we have in our life is short just like how a candle doesn’t burn for a very long time. The flame in this poem represents a human's life and when the flame burns out, so does the human.