Pen scratches to scroll

Pen scratches to scroll;

the woman brings the bowl, the jug

as he waves her away:

the words flow too well.

The scratches are the only sound

as the pen stains the scroll

with words,

a precise hand without

ornate flourishes.

The point is not to write

what will impress the eye

the point is to write

what will be read,

always.

Photograph by Teodoro S. Gruhl via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.