Phillumenist ... Tiny

Today's word is "phillumenist" ... fi-LOO-muh-nist ... a collector of matchbooks. (dictionary.com)

Tiny
In this world of darkness, 
Punctuated by small lights,
Is it any wonder,
That to ease their way thru night,

There are phillumenists who try to,
Collect those potential sparks,
Hold them in protection,
Thereby holding back the dark?

If we would all protect,
The lights that we've been given,
The blaze would dissipate the blackness,
To which we feel that we've been driven.

Anne Selleck
Copyright 2015