The Words And The Pen And The Paper Poem by RIC BASTASA

in loneliness
he
does not know what to do next

all plans are suspended
what he attempted to do fails

upon an empty table lies a
sheet of paper

it is blank

he holds a pen as a matter of habit
he begins to scribble

words begin to enter in his mind
they are his usual guests and
companions for now

the moment he writes them
the paper begins to speak

the pen becomes a boat
the words become friends

and away into the shores and oceans of the
empty paper
to a picnic of new adventures
they all go

later the pen becomes a surfing board
as words too become waves