The Flame

a love song

You want to play nothing?
I want to play.
Is playing nothing like pretending?
Or is it just staying out of the game?
You play who you are,
like a candle plays star
a star is so distant and cold.

But the flame, the flame,
I want to play something.
I just can’t remember the way.
I got nothing.

Like a flame you change as we go.
I play star and shine in the distance.
Are we who we are,
if we don’t have a witness?
Were you there?
Was that you?

Playing. Nothing.
The flame, the flame
the flame is through.
Is smoke nothing?
You nothing too?