The Evolution of the Writer

It was a passion from the start,

a need to set the expression free.

First through the eyes of a distant ancestor,

I scribbled atop wet clay with a tool of bone.

Progression plodded along at a steady pace,

papyrus and reeds crafted my creative words.

Next on sheets of wax with wooden tablets,

the metal stylus etched words to the page.

The Dark ages were of the parchment days,

a true turn but the stylus still held its place.

Parchment survived the darkness and the stylus fell,

modernism had given life to the artistry of the quill.

The quill remains a classic testament to the trade,

but the pencil nudged its way in to take its place.

Bone, soft metals, and inked quills all had their turn,

steel nibs took the spotlight from the lead and wood.

Ah but true innovation was at last known,

in the rise of the fountain pen to the hand.

Ball point pens came into fast existence,

leaving our coveted fountains in the dust.

The ball point had held a very long reign,

but it finally subsided to the felt tip pen.

While traditional writing is still alive and definitely well,

They have given way to the computer, tablet, and phone.

So the implements used have changed through the ages,

yet the point remains the same, Live, Breathe, and Create!