Anew
you are printed,
packaged
addressed,
journeying to a distant place
unfolding before distant eyes
to be judged
and found worthy
or not.
In time,
you may find
a measure of fame
or fortune between
the pages of some book
but for now
you are just
another manuscript
off in the mail.
.
.
(Sending off a short story to a local ‘prestigious’ writing contest. The story was short listed a couple of months ago in a contest worth twice the prize money, so who knows? These things are so subjective.)
Shawn L. Bird 
Best of Luck Shawn. Who knows what 2015 will; bring.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
Thanks, David.
It will certainly be busy, between working at school, working on my Masters, sending out assorted manuscripts, writing new projects, and keeping up the blog!
I hope you have wonderful 2015, full of good health and continued hilarity.
May your manuscript find a home in 2015. I will have one to send pretty soon. Good fortune to both of us!
Good luck to you!
I was going to write one for this, and then I remembered I had this one on hand. It’s a lesson. If we write all the time, we have these little gems ready when we hear about a contest or submission opportunity. 🙂
You certainly gave it a beautiful send-off. Good luck!
~Audrey
🙂 Thanks, Audrey!
May the journey of this poem be lengthy and extolled.
lol
Must remember to get to the post office tomorrow.
Good luck! Happy New Year! 🙂
Thank you, Therese!
Reblogged this on On Writing Dragons and commented:
I love this one.
Thanks, Dave. I’m glad it spoke to you.
Beautiful!!
Thank you, Tammy.
Good luck! 🙂
Thanks, Melanie!
Awesome and good luck to you! 🙂
Thank you, Kelly!