The Lost Writing

a poem that came to mind....hope you like it!

Explore the empty pages of a brass colored book:

It's hemline is gold but everywhere else - blank.

Fingers move aimlessly, thumbing through the

Empty pages; they are wrinkled and old,

Dust caked between the creases of their cover.

A finger wipes at the dust until it disappears.

Once the book is clean, the brass color

Is now shining. Fingers are holding a pen          

And scribles different letters at the top of the

First page. The ink is black and bold and each letter

Has a wonderful curving curl to it.

The pen runs up, down, up, down over the pages

For hours until the book has writing throughout it.

It's now full of different poems! All consisting of a

Topic to do with life here, here on earth.

Now the book is exciting and full! No more empty

Pages, but crowded with adventures and exciting

Leads. The two hands are satisfied and they slap the

Book shut. They engrave the cover with a machine to

A pretty design. The cover now bears the words:

"The Lost Writing" pressed into it with a twisted gold finish.

The book is completed and, laid on the shelf for

Anyone to read its untold stories.

 

Author's Note

Advice please........is it potential?

Reviews

[emmajoy]

What a wonderful theme, original and for the most part, beautifully written.

There are so many lines in it that are very well put so the reader can visualise what you mean, what your words are saying: 'The pages are wrinkled and old. Dust caked in between the creases of the cover. One finger wipes at the dust until it disappears '

My one criticism would be that the word 'pages' is said far too many times, consequently its use somehow shouts at the reader. Could you somehow omit it here and there. I'll message you about that.

You're such a mature writer, I'll repeat what I've said before - you're going to be a big name one day in the future.

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

I really liked this piece. Well done!

[Daniel]

I loved it. :)

It's like you were describing the entire publishing system, and you got every detail correct. This was a great piece.

Keep it up! :)

[Ben]

This is good, though I would advise you to not have all those spaces. It makes it hard to read. Very good!