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Pen, it has been a while
A Poem
My keeper, my alter-ego, my dear Pen.
I know it has been a while writing.
I am very well aware of your anguish that is
Letting you lose your heart and soul.
You have been whimpering over the nib
While I am busy with drudgery.
From early slumber to dawn’s sleep
You’ve been witnessing my dreams,
My somber, my enthusiasm, ecstasy,
Even deepest esoteric secrets
Frozen somewhere within my heart.
Those nursery rhymes,
From first letter of alphabet to
Einstein’s special theory of relativity;
From writing my first ever elocution
To my resume, you never left my grasp.
It was you who came to rescue
When expressions were mute.
You metamorphosed from ink to ink,