Inspiration and Energy

Inspiration and Energy

In my house, in almost every

room there are instruments:

guitars, bongos, a xylophone

and more ready to be picked up,

held and played anytime

the mood strikes me.

In my first apartment

I taped up poems

that I had written

interspersed with poems

and songs written by others,

giving creative energy

to my tiny space.

When I was young,

so many times I would fall

asleep to my dad and his friends

playing guitars; their music

flowed through the vents

and into my room,

rocking me to sleep.

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