Dream of a Pink Pencil

 

 

It's a new poem from Linda Appel in response to my blog of Jan. 7, "Little Things Mean a Lot.". Enjoy!!!

 

 

Dream of a Pink Pencil

 

The pink pencil you found

tucked in your Christmas stocking

was inscribed "Love is all you need,"

and you take delight in those trochees,

that make the music of your days.

 

I dream of your pink pencil

becoming mine, and I shave

away a cone of painted wood, exposing

a point of graphite with which to write the words:

great words, more words, many many words

of truth, both yours and mine. They uncoil

from the end of the pencil as the wood shavingv curled

away, but I fear I'm losing the best ones,

still locked in the bits of lead dropped

into the trash as I sharpened it.

 

But there are plenty more words to affix

to the paper, so I go with the ones I have. Sorting

them, rearranging them as diffeerent parts of speech

until the pencil point goes dull.

 

I sharpen it again and wait

for the words, the strong words,

the beautiful and beloved words to scroll

off the pink pencil, giving me

all I need to make a poem.

 

Linda Knowlton Appel

1/8-9, 2013

 

 

Bravo, Linda.  I love your strong, beautiful, beloved words that you share with me.

Ps. Unicorn Farts is a lip balm made by Long Winter Farm based in Maine. Can't you just imagine what fun they have with names during those long winters? And it is soothing and good.

 

PPS. pink pencil is from Earmark, social paper goods. Great stuff. They can be found on pinterest and facebook, also.