the blank page waits   

for the quenching stink of ink  

a scribble of unflinching words  

something to mull and make it think 

 

the filled page grits  

when the savage pen comes down 

to flay through failing words  

lose many and put others under doubt 

 

the final page knows    

these few are survivor words 

strong enough to tell the story    

clever enough to be understood 

 

so please remember their pain 

the fights they endured 

when you see your next page  

of perfect shining words