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The Art of an Empty Page
July 8, 2018
Is there beauty in filling a page?
To erasing the blankness
that once pervaded it?
Some say that there is a
serenity to emptiness,
that words are the wrinkles decorating
once pristine alabaster skin.
That their spattered fingerprints
cannot possibly justify
smudging God’s stain
glass mirror.
But perhaps there is
something to sullying
a snowy mirror.
Perhaps words wipe away the mask
that once veiled the alabaster.
Perhaps words don’t smudge,
but leave their mark.
Perhaps they don’t erase emptiness,
but describe it.
© Samantha M., Bethel, CT
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I am currently a rising Junior at Milken Community High Schools, though I began my high school career in New York. Over the course of my move, writing allowed me to explore my emotions and truly lose myself in my work; I was able to leave behind my reality and explore topics close to my heart. I am an now the Editor-in-Chief of the Milken Community High School literary magazine. I also participate in the Writes of Passage program at Milken, which is a forum for students to share their current literary work.