My love for letters and words began long before I set foot in a school. Some of my earliest memories are of my Grandmother and my Mom reading stories and the Sunday “funnies” to me. I think the word pictures those stories and comic strips helped me create led to my lifelong habit of people watching. Especially goofy kids and their families. (By the way; all kids are goofy)
Anyway…
So, here’s how I see it. People watching stirs up all kinds of thoughts.
Thoughts create ideas. And ideas create words. Words create sentences. Sentences create paragraphs. Paragraphs create verses or chapters or books. So, it’s like people watching sells pens. Because it gets a writer writing. But even the best pen runs out of ink. Then you gotta gettanudda.
(Side note: this obviously doesn’t apply to my computer keyboard.)
What do you think? Do you prefer to leave writing to those of us who can’t seem to stop our ideas from flowing out? Or do have an interest, like people watching, that makes you invest in pens or stay up to date on your word processor.
Well, whether you write, or prefer to read, I hope ideas and words dance around in your thoughts today and everyday. Here are a few of mine that turned into…
Ink For The Pen
The little girl who fell and bruised her knee on the ground
Didn’t know her tears were some more ink for the pen.
The little boy who ran and laughed and jumped all around
Didn’t know his giggles were more ink for the pen.
The dog that chased a ball and caught it right in the air
Didn’t know its wagging tail was ink for the pen.
The ducks that saw the dog and then scattered everywhere
Didn’t know they quacked up some more ink for the pen.
The loved ones who were here but have since passed away
Didn’t know their lives provided ink for the pen.
Until I leave this world and my body’s cast away
I’ll write about this love that brings me ink for the pen. © 2013 TF
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