For my pen

Dear pen
Become my friend again
And help me spill my soul out on these pages
It's been a while
The longest mile
I've not put pen to paper now in ages.

I write now for a different world
Lament a life long gone
But pen, you're with me still,
And maybe there's still time to do
What must be done.

Dear pen
Become my friend again
It's like you never went
So I'll lament
The money I have spent
The path of life, so bent
And crooked now
I round the bend
I make it to the other end
And I'm still here, still writing, still somehow...

I never lost my voice
I just stayed silent through choice
But now I need you, pen, to face the world.

Dear pen
Become my friend again
And let these words be read aloud
And heard.