Poetry

I'm the Empty Page

written by: OurSacredHonor

The start is the hardest part
Because you have to overcome friction
As my heart is torn apart
With my lack of diction
Fiction lacking substance
Characters are hollow
Ever rule I swear I'll break
I begin to follow
Shallow mind deep in a well
Searching it's depths for something to compel
Me to be better than I am, to be something else
To be anything, to be myself

All I want is to figure out who I am
But all these words of mine are pent up behind a dam
It holds them back, it keeps them in
It slows me down, I know I can't win
I'm in, I'm out, I'm scattered round
Can't get my feet on solid ground
Long enough to start my stride
Choking on my battered pride
As I swallow it whole
I've lost all control
I'm reaching for the words that evade me
Maybe I'd be better of if this page was empty

So here I go I start again
Nervous fingers clench my pen
Eagerly my eyelids fight
To stay awake for another long night
Back to back or all week long
Another poem, another almost song
Frustration consumes me and though I try to hide
It's causing rapid deterioration inside
I slide, I slip I fall
I'm going down, gonna lose it all
Cliche, overplayed, overpaid, no way
I don't wanna be any of that I'll say
I just hope that I'm strong enough
To stick to my guns when the going gets tough

All I want is to figure out what I want to be
But all these dispersed words of mine create an image I can't see
I hold them back, I keeps them in
I won't back down, but I still can't win
I'm in, I'm out, I'm scattered round
Can't get my feet on solid ground
Long enough to start my stride
Choking on my battered pride
As I swallow it whole
I've lost all control
I'm reaching for the words that evade me
Maybe I'd be better of if this page was empty

I'm defaced, erased
Blank, they left no trace
Just out of place space
I'm the empty page

I'm the empty page
Fill me in
I'm the empty page
In need of singing
I'm the empty page
Write me a story
I'm the empty page
Write me a melody

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