The Page

I am anything but fearless when it comes to this.

I come to the page trembling;

I come to feed the need.

I come heated.

I come lost.

I come stumbling.

I come purposefully.

I come burdened.

I come inked and injured.

It does not matter here.

I come to pursue understanding.

I come prepared to shed skin.

I come because nothing else will sustain me.

I come to cure what ails me-

it’s usually myself.

I come to clear the dust.

I come to exorcise demons.

I come to remind myself that I am good at something.

I come to flex creativity.

I come to change somebody-

it’s usually myself.

I come to aid somebody-

it’s usually myself.

But I’m writing for anyone else

who will listen. And I don’t need

to be well known. I don’t need

to be highly lofted.

Just understood.

Here,

it is all laid out.