The blank sheet of paper –
I owe you my soul
You promise new venture,
New notions, new goals,
You lie unmolested
On ebony desks
And wait for my pencil
To scratch at your neck.
____________As one we’ll create
____________New horizons and worlds,
____________To speak to the readers
____________Of stories untold.
Rejoice! For this carbon
On dead trees’ remains
Is guided by muses.
The blood in my veins
Is boiling with passion
For what we create;
I’m scribbling the climax
With hastened heart rate.
____________And now, there you lie
____________On the table with glee;
____________Enclosed in black carbon:
____________No longer free.
____________A dull lifeless body
____________A story narrates,
____________A spirit I destroyed –
____________So that I may create.