A smile kisses my lips as the darkness disappears another endless night has faded hours lost with lack of sleep I tremble with anticipation as my heart burns with inspiration of so many others that have come before me my skin humming with the beautiful notion of their passion and devotion my blood set ablaze something is awakening within me so far inside I had feared it was almost forgotten but the dawn of each new day keeps trying to explain all the many reasons I am here in the now if you were to catch me in this fleeting quiet there is nothing I would hide I would bare all that lay inside if you were to pay attention this moment holds perfection with its entirety of the unique perched atop my hidden corner of my world seeing nothing but knowing all praying with the aching desire to only keep getting higher and higher to climb with worn hands the rocky mountainside to dance with bare feet in the frisky river waters with my days of sobbing on the bathroom floor far enough behind me only to see a faint outline tracing with my fingertips of aftershock the bits of ridicule and criticism popping up just as quickly fading to black and instead of being riddled with tiny little holes stealing that pain making a statement taking a stand I notice all that has made and kept me strong for so very long kept in the background my heartbeats pounds with the bass boom boom all of a sudden the syncopation hits the room the terror comes in waves so strong shivers send electric static currents up my spine as if for one split second not one atom around me is the same almost dreamlike comes the realization that I have always been painting, writing, sculpting, singing, building