Rauwolfia Ra Poet Rhyme

Empty Pages

I’ve read these empty pages long
In search of hidden dreams,
As treasure hunters pan for gold 
In empty water streams.

These lines where letters have not tread
These starless, moonless skies,
Must surely hold some secret, seen,
By only writers eyes.

What depth is there below this sheet?
What colour when it’s clear?
What song within this silent page 
That only some can hear?

I’ve watched this empty world of white
Where yet no name is signed,
A world of undiscovered words
That sometimes I can find.

Where faces smile behind a glass
Through which per chance I see,
And voices speak out of that realm
Yet speak selectively.

A world where those who enter spread
Their mighty wings of thought,
And soar the breezes of ideas
From which their tales are wrought.

But though that sphere is ever vast
And though I’ve walked its lands,
So often it’s beyond the reach
Of mortal writer’s hands.

I stand before an empty page,
This door that will return,
And search once more to find the lock
In which my pen will turn.

        Rauwolfia

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Allan Koven June 5, 2013 at 5:24 PM You have a gift and it seems its outlet is poetry.

Sean L Sanders February 2, 2013 at 12:50 PM Nicely said poet. loved it

Delysia Hendricks September 8, 2012 at 1:44 PM I had to come back for a reread. Stunning write, Rauwolfia. :)

Ivor Davies August 28, 2012 at 4:32 PM The penultimate stanza says it all, are poets just the channel for their work?....Kudos

Delysia Hendricks August 28, 2012 at 2:30 PM Wow, what perfect rhythm and rhyme you have going here. As a matter of interest, I'm exactly at the "blank page" point you describe. Very good poetry, Rauwolfia. :)

Ilene Bauer August 28, 2012 at 2:06 PM this is a wonderful poem! i love what you've said here and think all writers can relate to your message, and i especially love the rhyme and rhythm you've used. (one comment, though - shouldn't it be "the lock" in the next-to-last line?) Rauwolfia Ra August 29, 2012 at 11:53 AM Yes, I did have a 'the' missing, thank you very much for telling me.