Loud as a Whisper

The blank page always brings so much excitement, anticipation, and dread at the same time. It’s waiting to be filled, with words, images, hopes, dreams, fears.  It’s a big responsibility.  A captive audience, drawn in by a single sheet of paper. What does a writer do with this audience? Enthrall it with fine words, betray it with awful lies, twist it with false hopes, bore it with idle speculation, amuse it with jests, incite it with hatred, divide it with fear…