lit a match, <br />watched it burn <br />in the darkness... <br /> <br />the story of life? <br />a momentary glow <br />in the infinite night! <br /> <br />the smell of sulfur, <br />and fingers burnt... <br />holding the flame <br /> <br />too close!<br /><br />Eric Cockrell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/too-close-4/