I'm sitting on
my bed, looking 
at a fireplace.  
There's a fireplace            
in my living room, 
and it's going. 
 
There's a fireplace 
in the sitting room 
off my bedroom, and 
it's going. 
  
There's a fireplace 
in the kitchen.  
It's going.
   
There are packets 
of incense everywhere, 
and there are 
candles everywhere.
   
It has ceased to be 
a ritual for me.  
It's just the way 
my house is.
 

If people are 
coming over, 
I personally go 
around and light 
all the candles 
that are here, 
and put incense 
in all the 
rooms so that when 
people walk into 
this house, 
they relate 
to a feeling. 
 
And they understand, 
if they ever 
come back here, 
that it's always 
this way.


I really like 
pale pink candles.  
It's not like I live 
in a cave. There's 
lots of light. 
 
I have the candles 
going because 
I like the way 
they smell.
  
And because 
they twinkle, 
you know.