Flicker

[Achebe]

This is just a snippet of a poem. Given the content I think it works.


Flicker

A match is lit and all he sees is fire.
In that moment before exhale and words ....exhalation? exhaling?
he sense apocalypse a frayed leash. ..senses? is there a missing comma after 'apocalypse'?
Wide-eyed, he trembles.
No movement - the world moves around him.
He blinks;
a gentle wind and beyond that, silence.

Suggestion: cut out the abstractions (eg. instead of 'wide eyed, he trembles' try 'his hand shakes') and cliches 'gentle wind'.
also, why does he tremble? some reason must be hinted at to make the poem interesting, else it's just being vague for the sake of being vague.