Drawing A Blank

By Lynn White

PROMPT — Who am I today?

First I drew a blank,

an empty profile

empty as I felt

though I knew

that I didn’t suit emptiness

and emptiness didn’t suit me

and that I needed to see beyond it,

needed vision for a vision to fill the blank.

And now I must decide

whether to swim

or fly or float,

whether to be fruit or flower

black or white.

So many choices

to fill my empty space,

so many choices

to fill my empty face.

I still don’t know

what I will become

when my face is full.

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Lynn White's work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, as well as places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. Lynn has been nominated for Pushcarts, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. She writes from north Wales.