honey scented candle light
honey sweets and sticks
I see the past, present and future
on the honey candle wick

it stood up tall and white at first
where the time once started out
the honey wax dripped down the sides
the past – it drips about

and as it trickles down the side
and hardens as it goes
becoming now a memory
the past this honey shows

and yet some wax will still remain
in a pool beside the flame
the hot sweet taste of here and now
the honey of today

but below the wax is sturdy
in the solid there below
what will emerge in days to come
the future only knows
2001