Cicatrice

It's like when you're in your study, reading
and have to take down the big dictionary from the shelf
to look up a difficult word.

You think by now you should known all the big words
and as you write down the meaning of cicatrice in your notebook
you notice next year's diary open on the desk

and think how reassuring it is there are still uncertainties in life
but that they are outweighed by the certainties
like the dictionary's definition of 'dictionary.'