The Conduit

Creativity is as much about “breathing in” as it is about sharing. This poem is about those times when I need to step away from the muse and breathe in life and love again…

The Conduit

Music

All consuming

Diving in wholly, I lose myself

Sound and body lacking edges

Loneliness

Flowing through

The conduit never filling

Never full

Always flowing through

Taking bits of me as it goes

I need a moment to breathe

But, I dive in again...

Safety

Love

Heaven

Drug

But, what is life without death?

And what is love without pain?

I lift my hands from the keys

and breathe...

I close the piano lid for a moment

and live…