I often wonder about the markers on my desk

Sprawled about and colorful

A disorganized rainbow

Of reds and greens

Blues about to fall off the desk

And a marker case that should be holding them

But no one cares about the markers on the desk

Until they actually need them

Then the markers on the desk become 

Writing tools

Important art supplies

Colorful and unique

On the desk

When they are done with the important markers

They drop them back on the desk, and the markers become just markers on the desk again. 

Unimportant

Messy

Unneeded 

Then I think that the markers on the desk were just fine with how they were. 

Before they were important.