On Writing

By Paul Roberts

       On Writing

those are my hands 

now wrinkled

veined 

pained by a lifetime 

they digitize words thoughts heard 

read and said 

onto a page

hands as time worn 

as those of an ancient scribe 

crafting each jot and tittle 

spoken by 

the voice from the universe 

onto parchment 

or papyrus 

seeking to save and savor words 

inspired from above

I write and save as 

a child precious 

a child I would not lose 

but send 

as a mystical message

into the cloud 

to preserve it forever 

I am no different than the man who 

pressed stylus into clay

then sent his message

with a push

into the fiery oven 

hoping, believing 

that his ideas 

would reach across time 

preserved

chiseled 

by an ancient concentration of 

will, thought, and action 

praying for the blessing 

of touching just one heart 

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