Twenty-six Little Squiggles

Twenty-six Little Squiggles

Twenty-six little squiggly lines,
All innocent and inconspicuous,
Like a love who is unrequited,
They sit unaware of their power,

Upper and sometimes lower,
Set ready for the dart thrower,
Going from quill to keyboard,
The pen is mightier than the sword

Rosetta Stone to Tweeting
Hieroglyphics to "OMG",
Continually evolving?,
Definitely, maybe,

W.H. Auden to W.H. Smiths,
Both places for squiggles to enlighten,
Shakespeare and Wordsworth,
Inspired by authors unknown,

Causing smiles and tears, happiness and despair,
In the right hands, beautiful, in the wrong, hell,
Eight squiggles to tell someone they're special,
Yeah, those are my favourite of all the squiggles,

Twenty-six little squiggles.
Explanation
Twenty-six little squiggly lines,
Should be obvious, but in case it's not, it's the letter of the alphabet
All innocent and inconspicuous, Like a love who is unrequited,
They sit unaware of their power,
On their own, they just sit there, waiting to be used. It's when they're put together that their power begins to emerge
Upper and sometimes lower,
As in cases...
Set ready for the dart thrower,
The person who holds the pen, keyboard, ready to be used and create pleasure, humour, joy, even distress.
Going from quill to keyboard,
The evolution of writing instruments
The pen is mightier than the sword
A well known quote and very true I think

Rosetta Stone to Tweeting Hieroglyphics to "OMG",
Continually evolving?,
The evolution of how sending written messages has evolved, and will continue to do so
Definitely, maybe,
Basically saying that it is, but is also the title of the an album by British rock band Oasis - another form of writing
W.H. Auden to W.H. Smiths, Both places for squiggles to enlighten,
The famous poet, W.H. Auden, author of one of my favourite poems, "Funeral Blues" to a the shop W.H. Smiths which sells books, magazines and all other kinds of written material
Shakespeare and Wordsworth,
Inspired by authors unknown,
That this famous authors of great works of art have inspired people to write, but they themselves will have been inspired to put pen to paper and realise it's an amazing process to involve oneself in

Causing smiles and tears, happiness and despair,
Basically all the different situations that the written word (or words) can create and trigger
In the right hands, beautiful, in the wrong, hell,
Think about your favourite musician, poet, playwrite whoever you admire. It's beautiful. But many of us have been in situation where someone has written something so so mean which makes us angry and upset. It's these little letters that create this.
Eight squiggles to tell someone they're special,
Yeah, those are my favourite of all the squiggles,
I L O V E Y O U

Twenty-six little squiggles.