A thought surfaces,
but is buried underground
until inspiration
triggers its resurrection.
I find myself
digging up bodies regularly,
scattering their remains
in search of life.
Soon enough
muse-ghosts come alive
from their resting places
and find me.
They grab hold of my hands,
and guide them
across parchment thin,
draping flesh over bones.
Then the skeleton
that once shivered
in its naked form
is clothed with verbal-skin.
Rewrite 2012
A thought surfaces,
but is buried underground
until inspiration
triggers its resurrection.
I find myself
digging up bodies regularly,
scattering their remains
in search of life.
Soon enough
muse-ghosts come alive
from their resting places
and find me.
They grab hold of my hands,
and guide them
across parchment thin,
draping flesh over bones.
Then the skeleton
that once shivered
in its naked form
is clothed with verbal-skin.