Period - A Poem (From "Four Folded Corners")

It is here
where I make the mark,
where I put a halt
to all the words that came before,

the rush of letters
that square dance their way into formation
around the numerous
open spaces of the line.

The strength it takes
to make this dot

     and yet,
what a mighty
tiny
blot     of ink.

By Mary E. Lohan