Burn the wick
Just as the flame can burn the hand
That strays incautiously too close
Blistered reminder of impulse
So the hand can snuff the flame, command
Extinguish the light and the heat
Its purpose quashed and incomplete
Gentle shielding will understand
Nurture, direct the naked light
Use its power for doing right
Protect the flame,reprimand
The feisty draught set to blow out
The light offering to end doubt
The thoughts and actions left unplanned
In darkness fester and take on
A life, a needless marathon
Illuminated, become grand
The candle flickers and breathes life
Burning passions put paid to strife