the creative moonlighter

between the hours of

whenever & whenever,

the creative moonlighter focuses on

what really matters,

for to them the rest is just

wasted time,

wasted on the world that had already been

set in motion

long before they ever had a say to begin

with &

with the time designated

to work on their craft,

each minute spent in the doing

is one spent

living &

with each minute spent in the doing,

a pleasure washes over that

cannot be compared to anything else,

because it is the

moonlighter’s &

the moonlighter’s

alone---

if the moonlighter didn’t have the stage---

to sing, to play their instrument, to

scream their rage, the PC to write on,

the canvas to paint, the camera to take

photos with, the characters to create &

act in whatever facility they could find,

then perhaps the geyser would gush,

perhaps the mind would explode,

perhaps the world would get a taste

of what it earns everyday

by stuffing everyone into its little

cookie-cut squares &

making us all do our best to

look the same,

sound the same,

act the same &

die the same---

at least for a time each night,

the creative moonlighter gets their

way.

Reviews

[Shawna]

Amen to that. Sometimes my only escape from harsh reality is a good hour or two of writing therapy. I love the way you put that escape into words. Nicely done!