I drew an ultimate
termination
line in the sand today

all these relatives
friends everyone
who rejects me

when they drew
their line in the sand
rejected my poetry

my line is a dagger
in the sand cut away
no more to say

Terence G. Craddock (afterglows echoes of starlight)

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-line-in-the-sand/