Work: Aaron Burch
01. Writer
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Aaron Burch
02. Theme
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Work
03. MUSIC INSPIRATION
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Toh Kay:
Here's to Life
04. WRITING
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Imagine a counter on a pen.
As it counts down on how many words are left in it.
The stories it wrote.
The worlds it crafted.
The lives it changed.
It could've been something as simple as a tool for signatures,
Writing notes and assignments,
Ensuring that life goes on, mundane things.
The wheels keep turning, maintaining the quiet dignity of
Everyday life, balancing checkbooks, work, and life
On its rolling tip, counting down its usefulness
Before it is discarded and replaced.
Or it could be special, like signing birth certificates,
Marriage licenses, laws and orders,
Ink flowing from the tip like a stream,
That broadens into a river and turns into an ocean,
Carrying and ships and cargo and people
From one side of the world to the other,
Affecting more lives than can be imagined.
The humble pen has many uses
But it also has a life, a story of its own
And holding a new and shiny pen
Its counter at its peak, ready for use
To make the next thing happen
Next to an old and used one
Battered and worn,
Its cap chewed and counter low,
What stories they could share,
The worlds they will
And have
Changed