Blotted with courage
Thoughts like ribbon bookmarks
Flowers pressed between pages
Recipes for a life worth living
Advice from friends and sages

A noble quest to serve the pen
To master the art of fine dining
To sit in the company of words
Digesting thoughts, redefining

Dried up ink of living thoughts
Flow like rivers to nourish minds
To balance this day with yesterday
To become the visions of mankind

History’s ink has been blotted
By the acts of courage professed
In the dreams of selfless desires
Putting loving words to the test

©Kathy Paysen 2009