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THE BLANK SCREEN

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It wasn’t the ink that hesitated~ but my hand, a trembling bridge between thought and the white abyss. What could be written when silence had already signed its name in the margins? The screen breathed, patient as snowfall, the blankness a door waiting to be pushed open. I pushed my palm flat against it~ felt the pulse of unwritten worlds, the weightless buzz of unborn stories. And then~ the first reckless word, black and unrepentant, broke through the white like lightning.
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Gauthier Avatar
January 25, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Great description of breaking through writer's block. FAVE'd.
Hind Avatar
January 22, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Beautiful- I can feel it on a strand
DiMino Avatar
January 22, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Great writing! You get a FAV from me! Wonderful imagery...and truth! Often happens that way.
Etgen-Baker Avatar
January 22, 2026 at 3:35 PM
wow, thanks, Joe, for your enthusiastic response to my poem. Grateful for your fave...have a blessed evening
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