Nosheib Jadoon
No. 2
My thoughts are a yellow Ticonderoga pencil
I lift up my pencil
And I put it in my hand
Words start to appear on my paper
But I don't know what they mean
I flip my pencil to see the eraser untouched
But it won't be anymore
It clears the words that the pencil has made
But it leaves a mess
I sharpen my pencil
I try again
The pencil starts to make out more words
But this time, I can understand them