Poem: Burning Minds

Silently and Speechless, they seek, and search for a word to express their understanding.

Hands waver and halt! Heaving halting breaths suggest that the strokes on the tablet will scarce impart a cognizant thought

Heads twist as they wrestle in vain with the pressure to infuse the empty page with life

In the pursed lips and exasperated gasps they give voice to the the unspoken tension that seems to crush all hope.

Then:

The eyes reveal the moment!

The pencil falters momentarily, but then words flow forth and fill the empty space.

Another rite of passage!

A battle fought and won!

The challenge of the essay has now been overcome.



Written by Mark R. Day 11/30/2014.  Copyright by Mark R. Day 11/30/2014, all rights reserved