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Pen to Paper

March 23, 2019
By thepoetinthedark BRONZE, Dummerston, Vermont
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thepoetinthedark BRONZE, Dummerston, Vermont
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Favorite Quote:
"Pain demands to be felt"-The Fault In Our Stars John Green<br /> and<br /> "We are all broken. that's how the light gets in"-Ernest Hemingway

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Pen to paper,

blood to blood,

quill to ink,

earthquake to flood.


Fear to destruction,

Iife to death,

pain to anger,

breath to breath.


Fire and tears and roses and travels, letters and postcards and hope come unraveled.


Steel to copper,

ash to rust,

wonder to forgiveness,

despair to trust.


Pen to paper,

ink to page,

shock to understanding,

purity to rage.


The song will end as its begun, the poet is tired, this poem is done.


Pen to paper,

moon to sun,

pen to paper,

we are one.

© Courtney R., Great Falls, VA

The author's comments:

this poem is about the process of turning everything around you into art.

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