Day Four

Run around your house (or dorm room) and grab 5 items that all begin with the same letter. Write a poem as an ode to one of these items or that includes these items. 

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Ode to My Pen

Black ink flows

like rapid rivers

of neurons flashing

electric, chemical thought

tattooing the page

Indelible ink

held in its chamber

until the click

until the tip’s scratch

until the scrawl

Oh my pen

how you save me

from the dark

from the listless pit

of black matter

in my mind

How you save me

by bringing forth

the deepest ember within

and call it

into the light