Wisdom's Light
If the candle could burn longer
Allowing its light to linger
Eyes would welcome the support
When wisdom is what we court
Time is made like wax
As it melts it leaves no tracks
Luck is transient, it won’t last
It cannot be recalled from the past
The light of wisdom when lit in this cup
Points us in one direction, always up
There’s much to be done by that light
The world grows, through new insight
Wind cannot put out the light
When the candle becomes like sunlight
The wisdom that waxes before time wanes
Becomes the light, that remains