the white page

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it dawns on me when I see the white
so much space, so much regret
I can’t breathe
I can’t act

hope I feel
the first is written
the tension eases and
the world calls for the witan

don’t eat me up
for what I can’t give you
don’t keep me in
for what I don’t live to

where is the black inside the white
the search seems endless yet so finite
all the truths are found and yet
so many lies fill the empty cabinet