The Empty Page

Lying flat on it back, a nothingless blank bit.

The brittle sheet enfolds smothering my brain.

Splintered cheeks jeer and drive me insane,

stark vacantness remains.

Its a deception you see,

that innocent white page is haunting me.

Malevolently, I smash and fling its flimsy form

only to confront the same visage reborn

on the next sheet, It's tongue stuck out in glee!

A desperate grab for the weapon of death,

my black pen dueling blank emptiness.

An army of words invade that plain, white page

and I think myself free of its power to haunt me.

Vision wavers, the paper cackles,

black words wander colorlessly

(shades of me)

obliterating the perfect clarity

of that pristine page of dull, blank white.

Reviews

[onmyway]

Wow! "An army of words invade that plain, white page"!!

I am sure a lot of us struggle with that feeling and you have captured it beautifully - truly artistic!

[Cyndy Robinson]

Thank you so much!

[richieb]

Cyndy, This should be the patron poem of all writers. You captured the frustration we all feel from time to time. Ironically you defeated the white page this time. Richie

[Cyndy Robinson]

Thank you so much. A lot of what I write is dark, or emotionally intense. This was a fun piece for me!

[Rye]

Wow! much deep well written write, I can see the visionary words. Very well written and creative. Nicely done.

[Cyndy Robinson]

Thank you very much!

[Rye]

No problem

[Carolynn]

Well you certainly came out with a wonderful description of writers block - may all the colourful words return and bloom beautifully from your mind!

[Cyndy Robinson]

Thank you so much. I would like to say it's new, but I actually dug it out from somewhere from years ago, edited it and stuck in on here because of a conversation I was having with someone else. Currently I am not having writer's block, I am having trouble finishing any 1 thing. As fast as I start writing a new idea comes to mind and I break off and jot stuff down before I forget it! The result is I don't finish anything, lol.

[Relic]

Writers block can invade any writers mind with doubts and insecurities. A sudden flooding of ideas unleashed on the page can really feel good. Just we fill that page with is a reflection of ourselves. Good or bad.

[Cyndy Robinson]

Thank you my friend!

[JustaManWithaPen]

I really enjoyed this for me the blank page is often my nightmare as well great job!

[Relic]

*What we fill the page with...