Dear Pencil

dear pencil,

            you free my tears

            tears, tears, tears

                        from my mind

                                    to my arm

                                                out my fingertips

                                                            into you

            and into the world.

                        you are like an escape route

            for all my thoughts

                        and feelings

                                    and tears

                                                a precious escape route

                        you keep me from bursting

                                    from exploding

                                    from breaking

                                                into a million tiny pieces

                                                            of heart and soul.

                        oh, pencil, you keep me whole.

            and when my mind is open

                        in the world, on the paper

                        you’ve saved me, freed me,

                                    from myself,

                                                and my thoughts.

                                                            thank you.

HT  (^-_-^)~