My wish for you
is that you
find your art
As in your expression
of passion
of emotion
of fear
of hope
of knowing
of unknowing
that is begging to come out
You and you alone can hear your art
listen for it
seek it out
and when you meet it
open the floodgate
and meet all of you
because your art
is what makes you
you
My wish for you
is that you recognize your art when you meet it
you’ll know it’s yours
because YOUR art
will tap you awake
before sunrise
and you will listen
your art will beckon you out into the cold
and you will go
your art will push you to your limits
and you will push back
your art will always
softly
lead you on
and you will follow
your art will come to you gently
the way the moon comes into the night
and you will greet it when it does
My wish for you
is that
you find the kind of art that calls to you
in all of her many tongues and more
and that you do not judge it
out of fear that it’s not really art
everyone has their own art
art is a spark
that does not conform
but rather takes form
in whatever ways you allow it to come forth
and there are oh so many ways
just as the art of this planet
runs wild and untamed
uncontained and answering to no one
ever changing in intensity
and direction
forever unapologetically brilliant
in her expression
so too does that art
that is within you
wish to move
I’ve seen the sparkle of art in the bustle of construction yards
I’ve seen it in the eye of many a mechanic
I’ve felt it in hands of doctors
I’ve heard it from the mouths of my teachers
I’ve been moved by the art that is my mother
I’ve been nourished by the art brought forth by the hands of the farmer
I’ve been wowed by the art of this earth
I’ve inhaled countless expressions of awe
at her brilliance
and every day
I meet my art
where and how
My wish for you is that you find your art
that you never stop looking for it
and in this goddamn world of fitting in
and following steps
that you never stop letting it out
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