For My Birthday Give Me Art! Visions of Mermaids and Fairies, A Poem About the Creative Process

White canvas' and drawers full of colorthe sea lions chime in
brushesand together we feel our artful journeyLove
clayall the beauty around me
pencils and paper to write out my ideasbreath it in
waiting for meInspirationmake it my pleasure to visit anytime I chooseI take
somewhere between folded memories and todaysout my pen and write all my childlike adventures
rainbow or stormy cloudsI write and it saves me
My creativity depends on my focusencourages me
I smileprotects me from my own self sometimes
I frowngets it all out for all to see or to hide in my closetI
I tear up and feel the pang of some ones defeatwrite
oft times my ownArrival at a mermaids denmy friend, my pleasure this pen of mine
flight of a nearby fairy offering her dustMy companion from whomever the words are
Images of old masters who never knew their worthbirthedand then....
How to books of arriving at someone else's visionI cry
Movies of passion or tearsI cry because I lust for my arrival to that space
Fashion magazines and torn out pages of sensualthat space that dismisses criticism
posesthat ache
Fashion magazines of women who line up perfectly inI cry because it seems only inches away
a crowdat any given moment my teacup might fallSo I YELL
filed carefully to meet my moodMelted, my treasuresI YELL at the incoming traffic
together with music!floods of eyes showing disapproval
Ahhh music my muse!and I YELL at my own struggleTurning around
Play it as loud as you can without alarming theI see meI pick my battles and I run
neighborsI feel the breeze in my hair
Feel the base and the pounding of musical notes assweat falling from my head to my neck that confirms
they meet their objectivemy travel
Know the lyrics and sing to the top of my lungsand I feel the rush
Yes sing!because I run as far as I canI lie flat on the floor
All the magic around me is readyThen dance!quiet
Dance free on the sand of the closest beach I canstill and quiet
findI listen to the sound of my own breath
Dance on fresh mown grassI try to think of nothing
feel the blood rush to my headno false prisons that lock out creative souls or the
Dance like a fairy under flowers and leavesinner child
Dance swimming swiftly just like a mermaidI think of nothingSilence enters and I am calm
Feel the wetness of her travelonce againBirds
close my eyesthe wind through the tree
yes, I am there!So Swim!my cat licks my face
All the fish adorned with their jewels of colorI open my eyesWhite canvas' and drawers full of
and the dolphins of yorecolor........