Time burns out faster than the candle I lit at both ends

Split in two and re-lit again
Four times the flame 
Keeps my determination ablaze

Until someone breathes deep and exhales with the

Force of a child making a heartfelt birthday wish
Reducing me to sweet scented smoke and a
Puddle of rainbow wax that is long forgotten until 
We make another trip around the blazing sun and
I am reignited.