I was watching a candle at the time.
The flame slowly gutters in the jar. It seems to be reaching for something. Like it desperately needs something just out of reach, it lunges, but it doesn’t have the energy to quiet reach and falls back again defeated. Yet it reaches again and again, desperately reaching for what it needs so much. It can be seen, but not reached, like a carrot held just out of reach of the stubborn horse. The flame gutters, wavering up and down. Reaching out, unsuccessful, yet undefeated.