Prayer for Myself

Prayer for Myself

Inspire me

High wire me

Forest fire me

Desire me

Drop me back on the razorblade

Life's been entirely too nice lately

I've lost my voice

I may be turning sweet

Oh, fuck!

My brain moved into my home

Got comfortable, stopped gazing

In awe

At the inspiration around me

I think of colors and shoes and sex

Instead of poetry

Please God please God please God

Give me back my voice

Writers write

But my themes are recently so inane

I am boring myself to death

Please give me back the balance

Of narcissist to genius

Of sensuality to insanity

Prosery not hosiery

I promise to use it

As You intend

I will always be someone's muse

Even if it's only my own

Please can't I have it back?

Fear

Writer's block

Is only fear
Of the vast expanse
On an empty page

Thousands of words
Images and thoughts
Trapped inside your head

Let one out on the page
It doesn’t matter
Which
Word or image or thought

One will follow another
And another after that
Making shapes
Filling pages

Shading
Fading
Trading

Forming an arc
A poem
A painting
A song

If only the artist
Stops standing in the way
Of his own gift
And lets it flow
And lets it go

From the head
To the page
To the eyes
To the ears
To the heart

Just let it go
Just let it flow

Close your eyes and jump
Maybe you’ll fall
Maybe you’ll soar
You’ll never know
Unless you let go
The fear

And jump

Fear

Writer’s block
Is only fear
Of the vast expanse
On an empty page

Thousands of words
Images and thoughts
Trapped inside your head

Let one out on the page
It doesn’t matter which

Word
Or image or thought

One will chase another
And another after that
Making shapes
Filling the pages

Shading
Fading
Trading

Forming an arc
A poem
A painting
A song

If only the artist
Stops standing in the way
Of his own gift
And lets it flow
And lets it go

From the head
To the page
To the eyes
To the ears
To the heart

Just let it go
Just let it flow

Close your eyes and jump
Maybe you’ll fall
Maybe you’ll soar
You’ll never know
Unless you let go
The fear

And jump