scribbled on a small swatch of such pure white paper : so white that it called forth other words -- parchment , scroll , vellum : ancient words , words when paper was as revered as the simplest of glass is now ... small , but by its purity called all innocent eyes to peer : and they peered : a handwriting which flowed , a flowing which rose up as if it had just kissed the paper ever so alightingly , ever so lovingly , ever so sensually , kissed and then flew away : words of lovers flight : flying together ; as they read the words , as they read and so arose , sailed : they knew it was a gift from the deacons .