Negative Space Poem

Write a poem that works through what is NOT said - using negative space.

Subject you are circling: {{subject}}
What cannot be directly stated: {{unsayable}}

Negative space techniques:

1. **Name everything but:** List what surrounds the subject
2. **Absence litany:** Catalog what is missing or gone
3. **Almost-saying:** Approach and retreat from the truth
4. **Ellipsis and fragment:** Let syntax break where words fail
5. **The visible gap:** Leave literal white space for the unsaid

The poem should:
- Never directly name the subject
- Create a clear outline through surrounding detail
- Let the reader complete the meaning
- Make absence present

Draft the negative space poem, then reflect on what silence communicates.