Pencil

based on a true story

Writing this poem

This pencil writing worlds

Into existence. Play god

Lifeforms

People, their stories

People never to exist

Or maybe they do, unintentionally

With the common face

Monotone, maybe boring or

Colorful--

WILL YOU BE QUIET IM WRITING A POEM

Humanity, faith in humanity

versus

The dark forces, absences and corruption

Table flipping and kingdom come.

This pencil

Broken and imperfect

Pouring everything out--

I take my heart and

Rip it from my chest,

Slamming its bloody complexion

On pure, snow-white,

Lined paper

Pencil mops the red mess up for me.

I had one, the end broke off

It was a blunt end

But the other side

It drew people and words and blood and tears

I pressed hard,

I used it at its best

Til the very end

When it snapped in half.

It now sits on a shelf

In my room

Retired from its violent days--

I went and bought one just like it

Just like it, 

It broke in a week

But I won't give it the same

Fate as the last one.

Tape bandages its wound.

(Maybe I overworked it)

In its battered state

Writing this poem

This pencil

This green broken pencil

The skeleton key

That unlocks the surreal--

Author's Note

We were supposed to write odes in English class, so I decided to write about a pencil I've happened to have for a couple years.
Edit: I just happened to lose the new pencil I got. I was so devastated!

Reviews

[Locke Redwyne (night sy..]

Wow, nice. I like it.
Is this about the broken green mechanical pencil you've had for like five years?
Also, how do you break them so easily?
I had one of those for about a year before losing it and it never broke XD

[Peregrinator7]

yes, it is heh

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

Nice 10 characters

[Jay_Bluefire]

I've yet to break a mechanical pencil. Sometimes I just lose them.

[Peregrinator7]

read the poem
it says "i pressed hard"

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

into what?

[Peregrinator7]

i pressed hard.

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

into what?

[Jay_Bluefire]

the flakons kato XP

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

don't worry, you'll get it when you're older

[Peregrinator7]

i pressed hard, with all i had

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

INTO WHAT?

[Peregrinator7]

you will never know
i pressed hard. so hard

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

i hope you're not talking about a certain someone

[Peregrinator7]

NO good golly flakons i was just trying to be as suggestive as possible

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

so was i XD

[Peregrinator7]

i know 10 characters

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

good job *claps*

[Jay_Bluefire]

kato I already get it =P

[Locke Redwyne (night sys)]

i was talking to mad