Wednesday, November 2, 2011

the plight of the bookworm

the bookworm devours page after page

a letter, a syllable, a word at a time -

dutifully inching line upon line,

searching for something to savour.

does she truly know

the precious thing of which she partakes -

always trailing through another man's history,

another soul's wake,

when will she make her own?

-stacy wills (11/2/2011)

4 comments:

Kel said...

stacy this is superb
i'm really enjoying the new style that is emerging in your artwork
and this prose is delicious
worthy of a nematode's feast ;-)

Cia of Briarwood Studio said...

Lovely work, Stacy! I'm looking forward to seeing more of it in Life Book 2012.
Cia

Stacy Wills said...

thanks, kel...you know me - always experimenting! when i was in third grade, i was cast as the librarian in our class play - "the bookworm."

cia - delighted you stopped by! thank you for the kind words. i'm so excited about life book 2012.

Kel said...

wow, you're doing lifebook 2012!