To Write

Your first impulse is to eat the crayons.

Waxy yuckiness.

Then color and paper collide into spectacular rainbows.

Creative expression begins.

Lines become circles.

Faces emerge.

Spaceships surrounded by stars and planets, forming entirely new galaxies, or so you say.

Markers, colored pencils, 94-count crayons—endless possibilities.

The ABC song resonates meaning.

Letters and words connect.

Pencils trace dotted alphabets on lined paper as “C” means more than a wooden block worth stacking.

It’s the beginning letter of your name.

“C-A-R-T-E-R” creates stories, term papers, published articles.

You understand the world through written words,

unmasking meaning.

Writing enlightens.

And then comes something in your life,

so profound, so important.

You just can’t forget.

A first love, a mission, a death, a birth.

So you write, to remember.

Take the crayon and dream of worlds of words.

Express. Understand. Remember.

Immortalize your life.