by Sj Brown

Created on: April 02, 2010   Last Updated: April 07, 2010

Odd. Very odd indeed don't you think?

How two seemingly different items

are made from the same source

but are made into different little gems.

Pencil. Paper. Both made from a tree,

one made to create communication,

one made to do nothing but recieve.

They work completely in tandem

and yet they are entirely contrasting.

The oddest thing I think of these things

is together they make something fantastic!

Together they give a poet her voice.

Together they give an artist his eyes.

Together they make us all a little better,

more understanding, more wise.

But apart they seem to do nothing

but rest in a writer's limp hand.

Apart they are simply two items -

just nature's unselfish gift to man.

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