My Watermarks In Time

Each word I place
is cupped in my hands,
till the page unfolds
to accept my offering


in the stain of each letter
is the blood of my tears
and my sorrowful fears
magnificent in love
and joyful bliss
arias of evermore
ripple to watermark


as each curve
embossed into form
it came to life,
smarting with the etching
but ever ecstatic
in the release


And,
with the closing
of my book
lines will be straight
the backs bound
in titanium


standing for all time
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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