Unexpected Ode

Ode to Pencils

Short and slender,

Long and slender.

You may be

Blunt and dull, 

Or sharp and bright.

Chewed on by boredom,

Monotony and confusion,

You will still 

Erase our mistakes.

Designer of words,

Some beautiful, 

Some ugly.

Authors of letters

To lovers far away.

An Artist’s greatest tool,

Shading and shadowing 

The world’s splendor.

Teaching children 

To hold you,

To start their lives

With you

by their sides.

My fingers wrap

Around you,

Allowing me

To create.