I turned the lights off and held a match unlit

To feel the terror crawling through my body

To test my patience

My endurance for pain

To feel the want

The desperation

For a match lit

To guide the way

In the pitch black nothingness

Only your voice on the phone

I surrendered the little hungry pieces of me

That were left

And took note of my fear

My emptiness

In that pitch black nothingness