Sometime when
Nothing is happening
And all I am doing
Is waiting for
It…
You know what I mean?
My job
Your job
Our job,
Is sometimes
Just to show up.
Type the first word.
Answer the ad.
Write the ad.
Walk in the park.
Say a kind word.
To be what
We are waiting
For.
Taking action
Any action
Is better than
Waiting for someone
Else to get off
Their butt,
When the someone
Is us.
Well of COURSE
We don't feel
Like it!
Who would
When shoulders slumped
Face frowning
Huffing and puffing
Schlepping around
The room acting either
Like some sullen teenager
Or some sour curmudgeon,
We stomp?
I wouldn't feel like
It either
Walking and talking
Like that…
How would an
Inspired person
Walk
Talk
Sit
Stand
Talk
Dream
Think
Act???
Go back to when
You were five
And pretend
Not fake it
Till you make it
That's what
Grumps do…
I mean PLAY
Pretend!
Pretend you are
A brilliant writer
Pretend to be inspired
Enter the dream
Play the part
As if it were true
And find
The door
Open.
All you have to do
Is show up.
The universe
Is waiting
To play
With you.
