INSPIRE June 2014 | Page 6

Words and Ink

Sammy Bennis

The stains on this pen

On the flesh of the paper

Can make you feel

The way

I was feeling

What was burning through

My heart

My mind

Why?

How?

Who?

When did these lines that we trace

Turn into the words that we utter?

When did the sounds that come

From wind

From air

And breath

Give birth to emotions

Feelings

Heart

Raw