Round Abouts
it can be hard to explain oneself -
find the proper category
or feel like there must be one.
for me - one thing leads to…
informs another
you don’t have to only grow
one type of plant
to love gardening
or even
to be good at it
but often it is said –
your fate pronounced -
if you are a jack of all trades –
you will be master of none
and perhaps…
perhaps it’s true
but can you not love all your children – each in their own way
and still with passion
nurturing each with the attention
and focus they need
for their own growth
to merge a love of words
with a tangle of music
for color and line
to mingle with shape and sky
for earth to sing to the stars
and jazz to fuse with hip hop
is there any reason
food and wine should be
separated from laughter and conversation
don’t sing at the table or you’ll get a crazy husband
don’t mix fiction with fact
don’t paint with your fingers
or outside the lines
why not –
paint pictures and tell stories
grow vegetables and cultivate flowers
sing and draw
dance and sew
hand and hand with your crazy person
I want to say that I am a –
Musician!
or
Artist!
or
Writer!
That I am proficient at ONE thing
That that is my specialty!
But alas, I hop around like a schizophrenic rabbit
But when I stop
To focus
On that one thing…
I put all my everything there
All my art – my sense of shape and color, my words and rhythms – go into my music
All my music and experience and movement – go into my art
All my love and life and emotion – go into my words
My All into My Everything
if I chose only one
I think it would be less – not more
so I hope it is enough
these pieces of me
that are my everything
that is who I am
and to that
I give my all
4/16/19
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