[Mitch]

"Tabula rasa: it’s more than just refreshing anew
It’s often vile. look within and your reflection’ll bruise
A caustic trial, so if you dare to step in my shoes
And walk a mile - be careful what direction you choose

If you backpedal you’ll end up in the regrets that I settled in
like when I nestled my head up to my neck in the sediment
tryin to hide my mind from the inevitable elephant
that my intellectual level is nothing special or relevant
see Geppetto’s dilemma was incredibly elegant—
to build a nest in a skeleton with his breath to embellish it

moving forward, that’s exactly what I aim to restore
a rebirth out of the weakness and the pain I adorned
the beast has awakened, feel the quake of its insatiable roar
so I’ma let it shed the skin of all the names that I’ve worn

Whether genius or idiot, a conceited degenerate
Plus the weed in his system it must’ve weakened his intellect
But to me it’s ridiculous I’m not speaking to critics
This for the folks who grow their soul and keep their egos illiterate
Yeah people get into it, there’s a sequel to finish
Act 1 has begun we just need you to listen" = amazing.

I actually came across the phrase "tabula rasa" in a novel i'm reading, called The Deptford Trilogy, it was said the phrase meant "a sweet nothing, a pleasant convenience that wasn't that important to anything, something that's useful but largely irrelevant", an interesting title, i'm assuming the "tabula rasa" in this poem is referring to your writing itself.

"A caustic trial, so if you dare to step in my shoes
And walk a mile - be careful what direction you choose

If you backpedal you’ll end up in the regrets that I settled in
like when I nestled my head up to my neck in the sediment
tryin to hide my mind from the inevitable elephant"

the way you carried the walking metaphor with the transition was very impressive.

overall this was clever, something that any serious writer can relate to easily, and very impressive with the rhyme scheme. In particular the rhyme scheme was strongest here:

"Whether genius or idiot, a conceited degenerate
Plus the weed in his system it must’ve weakened his intellect
But to me it’s ridiculous I’m not speaking to critics
This for the folks who grow their soul and keep their egos illiterate
Yeah people get into it, there’s a sequel to finish
Act 1 has begun we just need you to listen"