truth
2002-02-27 - 12:18 p.m.
how strange it is
all the world's troubles
can be condensed onto
a single sheet of fiber
eight and a half by eleven
using only a stick of carbon
wrapped in wood.
all human emotion wrapped up
in a little package
then spread out in a series
of curves.
tiny movements of fingers
cause tears to fall
and hearts to skip a beat.
a single sentence
can affect so many;
a single word
can affect but one.
written in blood,
washed by tears,
and spread with a smile.
JW -- Feb. 2002
