Oxygen eaters
A candle eats away at air
At the same rate that we do
Dripping on glossy glassware
The wick swallows and chews
Exhaling whispers of CO2
At the same rate that we do
Familiar tempo, parallel breath
Wax runs and the flame exudes
Eighty to one hundred watts
At the same rate that we do
Freyr Thorvaldsson is an Icelandic writer living in London, where he spends his time writing poems and stories. He is currently working on his debut novel.