Tabula rasa

By Caroline Ho, Assistant Editor

 

White sheet, blank page, just empty space

Iā€™m full of possibility

no lines no rules nothing but room

just express creativity

 

come fill me with your words, your thoughts,

your hopes and hates and fears and dreams

craft artful prose, jot down some notes

on hapless, half-baked, heartfelt schemes

 

Iā€™ve so much promiseā€”does this daunt you

wondering how you should start

just get that first word written down

but isnā€™t this the hardest part

 

come on, timeā€™s passing by so fast

is this all you can do, just stare

and ponder, dither, clockā€™s a-ticking

you know we have to start somewhere

 

or are you really so in fear

of making that first mark upon

my pristine surface, unmarred, perfect

scared the words will come out wrong

 

you know weā€™re ready, go ahead

itā€™s time to fill this empty space

who cares so what if you mess up

not like these words canā€™t be erased.