A Writerly Life

inputting data
risk
outgoing
evidence
justifying
four corners
interrogating
denial of commitment
to choose
gullibility of choice
or resignation
drawing down
the deal
closing like a box
encasing
the four corners—
circumnavigating
years to nudge
the problem
say
CRE–A–TIV–I–TY
smiles at you
once then
dies an early
death
this power
elusive and strong,
remiss and smart,
sly and cunning,
circumventing
disappearing
when you most
need to
fire you up
keep your
engine
running to steal
security,
stability,
sanity,
cornered rectangle
box
four corners
outgoing cries
fail
silence
magical
mysterious
properties—passion
and dream
and desire—
gone
what then status quo?
neutrality
provokes
fear
impoverished spirit
standing the test
grasping the task
the perimeter
the mandala—
create
dream
desire
inputting corners
north
south
center holds
receives
milky way
of fact
narrative of expansion
relinquishing
doubt
tricked mind
past behaviors
voices of space
retrieving
mansions
receiving
four corners
the clue
the motion
the ceiling
expanding
universal calling
of change
of voice
of soul
speaking
words
filling
voids
one soul
one mind
one heart
one passion
one creativity