I wanted to go where the greats have gone
I wanted to see what the greats have seen
I wanted to believe in the freedom of a dream
enticed by beauty
not tainted by the falsification of reality
but by the glory
of siezing the moment.
The present was always a gift,
even as it was fleeting just as fast
as the awareness that captured it-
in the moment.
I wanted to eat the way the greats have eaten;
after days and weeks of hunger
living as a starving artist does
and then relishing in the feast of inspiration
and confirmation that peace lives within
and that is the true fuel to the feast
Yes, peace.
That is the way the greats get to be.