Long and thin and pointy on end

Versatile yet hard to bend

Often the starting point for a book

All you have to do is write and look

Some use it as a way of escape

Traveling far and wide as thoughts take shape

Going away to magical lands

Just hold the pencil in your hands

While technology is really cool

The pencil is a simpler tool

Dependable and very staunch

No need to repair or re-launch

But why we should really rejoice

Is because of the pencil's soundless voice

It’s a writer's best friend

To the very end.