Sounds Like Bliss

My heart was thumping, and I was angry, but my breath was calm, and I could taste liberation. So close. So close this time. So close to me, lingering in my nose, still requiring me to chew and spit out the bones and then swallow in good faith. The creative life takes on a whole different shape when a book is involved in your life, my friends. When a book starts to emerge, everything slows down a little, and it must. Books like businesses of course have their own life force but books draw you in, and I have been in. Today I’m sharing all but a glimpse - but it’s a glimpse that reveals much of the tone and texture. I’m unsure what comes next. The crazy thing about engaging with, receiving and bringing a book to life is that you’re walking the unknown every single day. Each time I close my eyes to spend ‘time’ with my book, I never know what I’ll experience or what it’ll reveal. Every next word in the next poem that will be woven throughout this book - unknown. The blinking cursor - reminding me of all tha