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The Weight of a Pencil

  • Writer: Christian
    Christian
  • Mar 22
  • 1 min read

Fingers grip it

Through trembling hands


The weight of a pencil

Never more felt


Than in the moment

It grazes

The paper

Laid below it


And maybe

It won’t feel

The coarseness

Against the graphite tip


Maybe the hands

That shake will

Lay it down


And let memories

Do what writing

Cannot convey

 
 

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