Hot Wax, Cold Water

He who seeks to dip his wick
should study well which girl to pick.
She was a candlemaker’s daughter,
who lived by what her father taught her,
and though he wooed and thought he’d caught her,
melted wax that meets cold water
floats on top and forms a crust
quickly quenching any lust.

If he seeks to woo and win her,
it will take much more than dinner,
pop of cork and candlelight.
A match, a sip and then a bite
are not sufficient to win a dame
accustomed to a candle’s flame.
He’d do much better if at the start
he had sought to melt her heart.

For Bushboy’s Challenge: Hot Wax, Cold Water. (To see the original post that prompted this challenge, go HERE. To see Bushboy’s poem, go HERE.