Lifting Away

Spent some time the other night doing some free writing. I had a huge creative jumpstart in the form of an open mic, and this is one of the things that popped out. Enjoy, criticize, do what you will.

A Happy One

Love is what ties us together,
what comes above the hate and the jealousy,
to tie into the music and simple creative soul,
find ourselves and create ourselves –
allows us to love ourselves:
Our self

Man is the animal who laughs, and
laughter is for the soul –
music that reaches inside of you and finds the places in
your heart where it can resonate;
a creative mind can think with a pen,
along the strings of a guitar and sliding over the keys of a piano –
a creative mind spins the world with love and with
understanding,
to hit the right notes that will tell the story of the world and of human life.

It’s a man standing on stage,
it’s a man with a guitar,
it’s a man spitting verse and ink into words
through a microphone,
it’s every human being
who stood up and played just because they might as well have died without.
It’s the actress who truly finds herself on stage,
shining flame flashing through the steps of
a scene with all of the skill of a dancer
and with more passion in her heart than she could ever contain.

It’s the clarity of thought of a summer afternoon
in the sun and the simple contented fuzziness of mind
when waking to a cold winter morning
in the arms of the one who loves you.

So take it, and embrace it,
and find comfort in the simple acts,
as we spin our great web of human creativity
to find what we can create
with love in our hearts.