the feeling of art bleeds from my nail beds, plump from euphoria, drunk off wine that's red. i feel electricity within my hands. some have only known it through ***'s command. my joints swell with anticipation, the poet's tongue knows no abnegation. ready to send life through these tired veins. let emotion take these fraying reins, and pluck these tendons like piano strings. hear the way the keyboard clings with each stanza, each brushstroke. what suffering could they evoke? i feel my blood pump through me. pelted by the rhythmic breathing of the sea. these feelings crashing into jagged rocks. breathe in this break from writer's block.