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Dear Mr. Paper
A blank paper
 An untouched paper
 Preferably in this color, pearl white.
 A pen in hand, an open mind,
 An imagination running to its fullest capacity
 My fingers begin to tingle
 The rush in my brain begins to explode with ideas.
 The words just come, like innumerable bombs
 They fire away and they don’t stop.
 
 It hears the sounds of my wail
 The pleading of a cure that won’t ever come.
 It tastes the tears that shed
 The rain that poured and drenched the thin rough paper.
 It feels the sharp touch
 The quick poetic words.
 It observes the happiness of my soul
 The colors shine through the sheet when the tears have past.
 
 This blank paper,
 It’s so patient with me
 It comforts me when I’ve done wrong.
 It listens when no one’s there.
 With such wide-eyed lucidity, it accepts:
 My affectionate words, my inspirational imagery.
 My heartbreaking words, the tears and the life difficulties.
 My outraged words, my temper enraged with devious thoughts.
 My tranquil words, the soothing simplicity of my soul.
 
 For only your Mr. Paper,
 You sniff the scent of my world in words
 You listen to the chords of my soul
 You savor the teardrops of unbearable grief I poor out
 You see the vital truth between the lines
 You hold my pain with your jagged palm
 And for all that you do, I love you.
 
 Here, I’ll leave my heart on this paper
 This simple insignificant piece, out of all the rest
 In the end of this—
 This blank paper,
 Is no longer untouched.

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