بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

YOU HAVE TO FEED IT
OR IT WILL EAT YOU FROM THE INSIDE OUT
TEARING AT YOUR HEART AND MIND
THE SOURCE OF YOUR LIFE

UNTIL YOU FEED IT.
IT CAN BE IN THE FORM OF YOUR OWN
OR
IMBIBING SOMEONE ELSE’S
CREATIVITY BEGS EXPRESSION OR
INTOXICATION
/
INEBRIATION
BE IT A FLEETING EPIPHANY
YOU WRITE IN THE SAND
OR A SYMPHONY
THE ARTISTS’S CURSE
MUST BE FED
“IT’S EITHER ME OR YOU!”
AS YOU START TO TWITCH
INVOLUNTARILY REACHING FOR YOUR
HEADPHONES
AND THEN FRANTICALLY SEARCHING
FOR YOUR FAVORITE PEN
AS LYRICS BEGIN TO FORM
TO RACHMANINOV’S 4TH
THEY SPILL ONTO YOUR PAPER
UNTIL THE FINAL CODA
SATIATED, THE BEAST’S EYELIDS CLOSE
AS IT NODS INTO A PACIFIED SLUMBER
FINALLY CONTENT –
UNTIL….
