Poetry: Lines

Know?

Given 1mL ink
Given 1 quill
Given 1 piece of paper
Given 1 hour
Given 1 empty, white room
Given 1 old, rusty desk
Given 1 simple window

Go.

How many participants
How many tries
How many supplies
How many sketches created
How many days pass
How many tears shed

Before?

We get it right
There is a match
It all aligns
Perfection is found
It all works out

Guess.

A couple hundred
A few dozen
Just one
We never come close

So?

Should we give up
Should we try really hard
Should we never start

End.

I don't know
I only have calculations

Sorry

There is only one road to clarity