Paper people crackling and folding Under life's pressure Blank pages, empty paper void of purpose Paper flowers, swans, trees and cranes Craning to find a crease that fits them Brittle dry leaves waiting to be made into a purpose Feint margins replace the wrinkles of a face Origami organisms awaiting nimble fingers To form features, emotions, life, purpose Like a Samurai sword, the paper has been folded many times Yet now blunted, pulped, set alight by a match, reduced to ash.