Beyond the shining surface
Of any worthwhile endeavor
Lay the here and now we allow
A past we struggle to drag along or sever

For there with each turning page
Accumulates and demonstrates
A need for an infinate coming of age
Or tatters shredded and scattered by fortunes
  or misfortune of the fates we seek to engage

Built upon the ancient ruins entwines
The once shining examples of progress
As layer upon layer of those literal designs
Where thoughts are seeds run through the press
       To become orphan dreams  or deemed success

In solitude and volunteeraly those who suffer
Through the constant battle of doubts ebb and flow
Laying down our lives with each ream as a buffer
To the insecurities constant nipping and ripping apart
    Every letter ,word ,page and chapter line after line in tow

Is that dream we seem to cling to where the world
That sometimes looks beyond that very same glossy surface
We gave so much of ourselves to create that to be sure in reflection
We see more than just a cover and to know beyond are the words
    We gave life to hoping it gives our time struggle and pain a purpose

Not to be glossed over!!!!