Lines - thin or thick
Shapes and their shades
Subtle or bold
Shatter our inheritance
The past and its truths
A hand-me-down, received
Understood but not simply
Passed on, just because
We make what we take
Our own, truly our own
When and only when
We own what we receive
And we give what we make
To another set of hands
Shapes, lines and shades
That will strum these strings
To a tune they like
That we have one day love
Or at least understand
That we are all just lines
