Passion And Conviction

How much of art, of making, of creating is passion?  How much, conviction?

Chasing the muse used to be so much of one and so little of the other... how time turns the coin.

What the head knows, too often is of little consequence to the heart.  The first step is showing up... standing up to be counted.  That is conviction.

And sometimes...
                          
                           ...sometimes...

                                                  ...the muse may bring you something you did not ask for, but that you
                                                     may be grateful for anyway...



for her

beat close my little heart.
through mirth and falling tears
across 10,000 miles,
across those missing years
through dust and ice apart.

will this chest be too small
through passing of the years?
will you outgrow me heart?
outgrow mirth and tears
and chase another call?

what stays when nothing marks the score?
memory, and nothing more.