Ode to the blank page
Ode to Ordinary Challenge entry
A blank page
May look empty
Like nothing at all
But
To someone who knows
To someone who understands
It is full
Full of potential
Full of stories
Waiting to be told
Full of adventures
Waiting to be started
Full of characters
Waiting to come to life
With lives
Waiting to be started
Full of truths
Waiting to come to light
With obstacles
Waiting to be overcome
Full of mysteries
Waiting to be uncovered
Good times, bad times
Relationships, births, deaths
Laughter, sadness, anger, and grief
Horrors, battles, conquests
Twists, turns, and lessons to be learned
Love, hate, loyalty and betrayal
Just like life
In the beginning
All we are
is a blank page
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Paul Stewart
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Comments (13)
I love this 🩷
Another beautiful and thought provoking poem. We are blank pages in the beginning, and life is brimming with beginnings.
One might even say that the great challenge of life is learning to write on our own pages in our own words. Are we not born a journal in which society scribbles and scrawls, trying to tell our story for us, triangulate us into a role? The day we take possession of our self, our own book, and write the words we intend to write on the pages of our heart, this is the day we become... free. Love this insightful poem of yours! Subscription reciprocated!
Yesssss! There's just so much potential! I loved it! Oh no, I've not been giving you these! 🍩🥐 There you go!
Oooo, love this one! Wonderful work ✍️
Some of us remain that way our entire lives. A tabula rosa just waiting for something to happen, never once realizing that we are the makers of our own destiny & plot devices.
Very appropriate and timely piece Paul. There is so much to fill it up with here.
Amen to that, and all the things it can be! Great work.
This is great. Well done, my friend
Ohhhhh yes, this is my favorite!!! Your ending is 🔥! Such a perfect ode!
Ahhh i love this one, Paul! ❤️. Food for thought in there.
“Full of truths; Waiting to come to light” I love that, Paul!! Lovely work! 🙂
''All we are is a blank page", the weight in this line. Amazing work as always!