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Slave to the Page

I stare at the blank page
Waiting for words to fill them
My head an empty space
My fingers ready and able
Sentences float around the void
Clinging to inspiration
Letting them guide me on the journey
Showing me the turns to take,
Twists and forks to avoid
I am a slave to the page

Sometimes thing do not go my way
As I would have written it
The words not the ones I wanted
But I’m helpless to their demands
I do as I am commanded
I bow to the plot
The rhymes and rhythm rule

Pace and flow reign freely
Fingers follow the patterns set
Characters holding the torch,
On their own paths
I wish them well
All the best
And have to merely watch
As they face their toughest tests