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Can I just once stare absently at a page? Without seeing the blinding whiteness as some sort of demonic sign of emptiness The edges cut far deeper than one may begin to think. A slit that stings from your friend, paper We may personify it as a friend A surface to inscribe those faulty secrets Confide your unstable mind in The edges cut far deeper than one may begin to think, We can laugh at that statement. We, as in me and the paper Who I know won’t hurt me Unless I sharpen the derogatory terms And turn them on myself But the paper The blank page Threatening, or not? It may be considered a blessing To not have to feel forced to divulge in what only is yourself You can laugh together, You and the page Because it is funny The illusion that you can use this innocent piece of white To metaphorically slit your wrists
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Nov 6, 2013
Nov 6, 2013 at 10:41 PM UTC
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Can I just once stare absently at a page? Without seeing the blinding whiteness as some sort of demonic sign of emptiness The edges cut far deeper than one may begin to think. A slit that stings from your friend, paper We may personify it as a friend A surface to inscribe those faulty secrets Confide your unstable mind in The edges cut far deeper than one may begin to think, We can laugh at that statement. We, as in me and the paper Who I know won’t hurt me Unless I sharpen the derogatory terms And turn them on myself But the paper The blank page Threatening, or not? It may be considered a blessing To not have to feel forced to divulge in what only is yourself You can laugh together, You and the page Because it is funny The illusion that you can use this innocent piece of white To metaphorically slit your wrists
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Nov 6, 2013
Nov 6, 2013 at 10:41 PM UTC
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