Long be the Wick

pull up, pull away 

said again from furious

learned need of wrong perception 

no one can really tell me 

but me

curiosity and patience

have leaped out of my pockets

looking left, then right 

forgetting that the clock instead

yearns to measure thought, not speed

to instead, feel the glow

one of a slower roll 

Or another moment will be

simply processed

and not remembered

drag the match across

rough surface

to lighter air 

for the now, not exit

long be the wick