I write with a pencil <br />Because I make a lot of mistakes <br />See, look at that first line up there <br />I had to re-write it <br />With a pen—I’d have had to scribble the whole line out <br />And start over <br /> <br />Life is like writing with a pen <br />We all do a lot of scribbling out <br /> <br />A pen can make a mess of a paper <br />With too many scribbles <br />Crossing out <br />X-ing out <br />Blacking out <br />Sometimes whole pages are removed <br />Ripped up and thrown away <br />But it’s fine <br />We just go on to the next one <br /> <br />One day we’ll get it right. <br /> <br />(5/05)<br /><br />Joseph Wilford<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-time-around/
