underlining in life

between what is visible
and of the mind
is a penciled line
that is not merely a line

like us this line
has its own mind
that envelopes the page
and the reader of it

this line underlines
eloquence on the page
where wisdom shines
as we read we love it

this line is so sweet
wrapping 'round our feet
becoming line upon line
beneath words above it

and this line like us is
more than it is is
more than an underline
of words on a page

all words on the page
are this line they are
are this line cut loose
to expand and reduce

to unite and re-use
gravitating at once to
an underlying truth in
an underlined phrase

this line and this phase
being more than they are
are between what we see
​what we mind and praise