Dear Muse:

Without my shovel

I could not dig

Still I longed for the ditch

To feel it around me

To be one with it

But without my shovel

It's nothing but a hole

Without my pen

I could not write

Without my mind

I could not dream

Without my dreams

I could not feel what

I write upon this page

Please hear these words

I've uttered from deep 

Within my very soul

For you’ve brought me 

From the beginning 

To this ending, yes

You're my shovel